How To Install pylint3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install pylint3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pylint3 is Python 3 code static checker and UML diagram generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylint3 on Debian 10.

What is pylint3

pylint3 is:

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)

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.

Additionally, it is possible to write plugins to add your own checks.

The package also ships the following additional commands:

  • pyreverse3: an UML diagram generator
  • symilar3: an independent similarities checker
  • epylint3: Emacs and Flymake compatible Pylint

There are three methods to install pylint3 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 pylint3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pylint3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pylint3

Install pylint3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pylint3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pylint3

Install pylint3 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 pylint3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pylint3

How To Uninstall pylint3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pylint3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pylint3

Uninstall pylint3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pylint3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pylint3

Remove pylint3 Configurations and Data

To remove pylint3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pylint3

Remove pylint3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pylint3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pylint3

Dependencies

pylint3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylint3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.