How To Install cpplint on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpplint
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cpplint
cpplint is:
Command-line tool to check C/C++ files for style issues following Google’s C++ style guide.
There are three methods to install cpplint
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cpplint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cpplint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cpplint
Install cpplint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cpplint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cpplint
Install cpplint Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cpplint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cpplint
How To Uninstall cpplint on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cpplint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cpplint
Uninstall cpplint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cpplint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpplint
Remove cpplint Configurations and Data
To remove cpplint
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cpplint
Remove cpplint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cpplint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpplint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpplint
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.