How to Install and Uninstall lintian Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "lintian" package

This is a short guide on how to install lintian on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall lintian on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: lintian
Architecture: all
Version: 2.104.0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6123
Depends: binutils, bzip2, diffstat, dpkg (>= 1.17.14), dpkg-dev, file, gettext, gpg, intltool-debian, libapt-pkg-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libcapture-tiny-perl, libclass-xsaccessor-perl, libclone-perl, libconfig-tiny-perl, libcpanel-json-xs-perl, libdata-dpath-perl, libdata-validate-domain-perl, libdevel-size-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libdpkg-perl, libemail-address-xs-perl, libfile-basedir-perl, libfile-find-rule-perl, libfont-ttf-perl, libhtml-html5-entities-perl, libipc-run3-perl, libjson-maybexs-perl, liblist-compare-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, liblist-utilsby-perl, libmoo-perl, libmoox-aliases-perl, libnamespace-clean-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libperlio-gzip-perl, libproc-processtable-perl, libsereal-decoder-perl, libsereal-encoder-perl, libtext-glob-perl, libtext-levenshteinxs-perl, libtext-markdown-discount-perl, libtext-xslate-perl, libtime-duration-perl, libtime-moment-perl, libtimedate-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, libtype-tiny-perl, libunicode-utf8-perl, liburi-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, libyaml-libyaml-perl, lzip | clzip, lzop, man-db, patchutils, perl, t1utils, unzip, xz-utils, perl:any
Suggests: binutils-multiarch, libtext-template-perl
Breaks: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1), pkg-js-tools (<< 0.9.4), pkg-perl-tools (<< 0.53)
Replaces: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1)
Filename: pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.104.0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 942988
MD5sum: 3f63dc3fab00b81facbf8e88ed7ac33d
SHA1: ef221d723f5be3b1c7f5f7d71039c906838c33a2
SHA256: b12ed583c389a80b8fd05c15411f5c5399765966829ac1ec8497e9ad43fea1f2
SHA512: b781450592079ad23bbc8fc3ffac324a2917f95584056a8ef2285b42e7c7bc42913c05def60a2ee763720ee3a7314a4286379554181ce1b17f8f84d91847013c
Homepage: https://lintian.debian.org/
Description-en: 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 4.5.1.
Description-md5: 28b6e3202044a58412cc088b8ea201ab
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop