How To Install elpa-lintian on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-lintian on Debian 12.
What is elpa-lintian
elpa-lintian is:
This Emacs Lisp module provides a command to run Lintian in Emacs.
The purpose is to provide extra functionality to users above and beyond that available in a text terminal when examining the resulting packaging hints.
There are three methods to install elpa-lintian on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-lintian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-lintian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-lintian
Install elpa-lintian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-lintian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-lintian
Install elpa-lintian 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-lintian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-lintian
How To Uninstall elpa-lintian on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-lintian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-lintian
Uninstall elpa-lintian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-lintian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-lintian
Remove elpa-lintian Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-lintian configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-lintian
Remove elpa-lintian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-lintian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-lintian
Dependencies
elpa-lintian have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-lintian package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
