How To Install lintian-brush on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintian-brush on Debian 10.
What is lintian-brush
lintian-brush is:
This package contains a set of scripts that can automatically fix more than 30 common lintian issues in Debian packages.
It comes with a wrapper script that invokes the scripts, updates the changelog (if desired) and commits each change to version control.
There are three methods to install lintian-brush on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lintian-brush Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lintian-brush using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lintian-brush
Install lintian-brush Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lintian-brush using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lintian-brush
Install lintian-brush 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 lintian-brush using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lintian-brush
How To Uninstall lintian-brush on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lintian-brush package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lintian-brush
Uninstall lintian-brush And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lintian-brush and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lintian-brush
Remove lintian-brush Configurations and Data
To remove lintian-brush configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lintian-brush
Remove lintian-brush configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lintian-brush configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lintian-brush
Dependencies
lintian-brush have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintian-brush package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
