How to Install and Uninstall lintian Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "lintian" package

This is a short guide on how to install lintian on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lintian on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lintian
Architecture: all
Version: 2.5.43ubuntu0.1
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: 3559
Depends: binutils, bzip2, diffstat, file, gettext, hardening-includes, intltool-debian, libapt-pkg-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libclass-accessor-perl, libclone-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libdpkg-perl, libemail-valid-perl, libfile-basedir-perl, libipc-run-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libparse-debianchangelog-perl, libtext-levenshtein-perl, libtimedate-perl, liburi-perl, libyaml-libyaml-perl, libdata-alias-perl, man-db, patchutils, perl, t1utils, xz-utils
Recommends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14), perl (>= 5.20) | libautodie-perl (>= 2.18), libperlio-gzip-perl
Suggests: binutils-multiarch, dpkg-dev, libhtml-parser-perl, libtext-template-perl
Breaks: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1), pkg-perl-tools (<< 0.23)
Replaces: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1)
Filename: pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.5.43ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 625922
MD5sum: 9632c01706dbbca542ded7c7c9e48a87
SHA1: f9e1ebd2dbdc66fad7140c63a40efe78fe1a4f24
SHA256: f0a34b24b461d826d7a75bfd53c9ef0063f5d5b567ff71eed1e70f6c75a34869
SHA512: 6649dfba2cf0323bf272e1f1cc4805f29cfd37421ab028242f40b13ac72ba06d445fcd5a669622207bb2305316f0f061f23584cf75f1c969fe7bee9100fa3daf
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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It uses an archive directory, called laboratory, in which it stores
information about the packages it examines. It can keep this
information between multiple invocations in order to avoid repeating
expensive data-collection operations. This makes it possible to check the
complete Debian archive for bugs, in a reasonable time.
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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.
.
This version of Lintian is calibrated for policy version 3.9.7.
Description-md5: 6b4785760a94a8fe2cbd5b23bbfb906b
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: lintian
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 3559
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.5.43
Replaces: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1)
Depends: binutils, bzip2, diffstat, file, gettext, hardening-includes, intltool-debian, libapt-pkg-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libclass-accessor-perl, libclone-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libdpkg-perl, libemail-valid-perl, libfile-basedir-perl, libipc-run-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libparse-debianchangelog-perl, libtext-levenshtein-perl, libtimedate-perl, liburi-perl, libyaml-libyaml-perl, libdata-alias-perl, man-db, patchutils, perl, t1utils, xz-utils
Recommends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14), perl (>= 5.20) | libautodie-perl (>= 2.18), libperlio-gzip-perl
Suggests: binutils-multiarch, dpkg-dev, libhtml-parser-perl, libtext-template-perl
Breaks: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1), pkg-perl-tools (<< 0.23)
Filename: pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.5.43_all.deb
Size: 626140
MD5sum: b1bc553172723fbda8e5700f4215f88a
SHA1: 17620e7087003c3235bb84ededbbfb7c19634dd7
SHA256: 635af943054aa9f581bd98a13c2e25ccded26b2ab8d24e64b5979cc6d69c7f69
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.
.
It uses an archive directory, called laboratory, in which it stores
information about the packages it examines. It can keep this
information between multiple invocations in order to avoid repeating
expensive data-collection operations. This makes it possible to check the
complete Debian archive for bugs, in a reasonable time.
.
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.
.
This version of Lintian is calibrated for policy version 3.9.7.
Description-md5: 6b4785760a94a8fe2cbd5b23bbfb906b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://lintian.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop