How to Install and Uninstall lintian Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "lintian" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lintian on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lintian
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lintian" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall lintian on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lintian
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lintian package on Kali Linux

Package: lintian
Version: 2.117.0
Installed-Size: 6953
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1)
Depends: binutils, bzip2, diffstat, dpkg (>= 1.17.14), dpkg-dev, file, gettext, gpg, intltool-debian, iso-codes, libapt-pkg-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libberkeleydb-perl, libcapture-tiny-perl, libclass-xsaccessor-perl, libclone-perl, libconfig-tiny-perl, libconst-fast-perl, libcpanel-json-xs-perl, libdata-dpath-perl, libdata-validate-domain-perl, libdata-validate-uri-perl, libdevel-size-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libdpkg-perl, libencode-perl, libemail-address-xs-perl, libfile-basedir-perl, libfile-find-rule-perl, libfont-ttf-perl, libhtml-html5-entities-perl, libhtml-tokeparser-simple-perl, libio-interactive-perl, libipc-run3-perl, libjson-maybexs-perl, liblist-compare-perl, liblist-someutils-perl, liblist-utilsby-perl, libmldbm-perl, libmoo-perl, libmoox-aliases-perl, libnamespace-clean-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libperlio-gzip-perl, libperlio-utf8-strict-perl, libproc-processtable-perl, libregexp-wildcards-perl, libsereal-decoder-perl, libsereal-encoder-perl, libsort-versions-perl, libsyntax-keyword-try-perl, libterm-readkey-perl, libtext-levenshteinxs-perl, libtext-markdown-discount-perl, libtext-xslate-perl, libtime-duration-perl, libtime-moment-perl, libtimedate-perl, libunicode-utf8-perl, liburi-perl, libwww-mechanize-perl, libwww-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, libyaml-libyaml-perl, plzip | lzip-decompressor, lzop, man-db, patchutils, perl, t1utils, unzip, xz-utils, perl:any
Suggests: binutils-multiarch, libtext-template-perl
Breaks: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1), libconfig-model-dpkg-perl (<< 2.151), lintian-brush (<< 0.88), lzd (<< 1.2-3~), pkg-js-tools (<< 0.9.4), pkg-perl-tools (<< 0.53)
Size: 1052000
SHA256: 3aa409ecb71e756cd5c1925fe3f4f25059734ee55b44768169ed3560f9996af4
SHA1: 90f6866be8ae79be231d41949abca549a3d0e359
MD5sum: 7751e318e0a32820729f9c11f16a6d79
Description: Debian package checker
Lintian dissects Debian packages and reports bugs and policy violations. It
contains automated checks for many aspects of Debian policy as well as some
checks for common errors.
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This package is useful for all people who want to check Debian packages for
compliance with Debian policy. Every Debian maintainer should check packages
with this tool before uploading them to the archive.
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This version of Lintian is calibrated for Debian Policy version 4.6.2.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://lintian.debian.org/
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, devel::testing-qa,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::checking,
works-with::software:package
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.117.0_all.deb