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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "pylint" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pylint on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall pylint on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pylint
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pylint package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pylint
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 870
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sandro Tosi
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.2-1ubuntu1
Depends: python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), python-astroid (>= 1.4.1), python-six
Recommends: python-tk
Suggests: pylint-doc
Filename: pool/universe/p/pylint/pylint_1.5.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 161346
MD5sum: df7187f50bc0a2f940bab8878ec55f8b
SHA1: a8df3a19014ff3c4932d69ba3e437b80e05eb1c7
SHA256: 5c7f8c70f8d6c2740c5bfbca2c738b2157a5935f321d58c0475493eb7c715d1d
Description-en: Python code static checker and UML diagram generator
Pylint is a Python source code analyzer which looks for programming
errors, helps enforcing a coding standard and sniffs for some code
smells (as defined in Martin Fowler's Refactoring book)
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Pylint can be seen as another PyChecker since nearly all tests you
can do with PyChecker can also be done with Pylint. However, Pylint
offers some more features, like checking length of lines of code,
checking if variable names are well-formed according to your coding
standard, or checking if declared interfaces are truly implemented,
and much more.
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Additionally, it is possible to write plugins to add your own checks.
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The package also ships the following additional commands:
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* pyreverse: an UML diagram generator
* symilar: an independent similarities checker
* epylint: Emacs and Flymake compatible Pylint
* pylint-gui: a graphical interface (reason for python-tk recommends)
Description-md5: 276d33bb24da931d873830f304cf8f6a
Homepage: http://www.pylint.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu