How To Install clang-tidy on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tidy on Kali Linux.

What is clang-tidy

clang-tidy is:

Provide an extensible framework for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors, like style violations, interface misuse, or bugs that can be deduced via static analysis. clang-tidy is modular and provides a convenient interface for writing new checks.

clang-tidy replaces clang-modernize

This is a dependency package providing the clang tidy tool.

There are three methods to install clang-tidy on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install clang-tidy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clang-tidy

Install clang-tidy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clang-tidy

Install clang-tidy Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install clang-tidy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clang-tidy

How To Uninstall clang-tidy on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the clang-tidy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clang-tidy

Uninstall clang-tidy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clang-tidy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang-tidy

Remove clang-tidy Configurations and Data

To remove clang-tidy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clang-tidy

Remove clang-tidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clang-tidy

Dependencies

clang-tidy have the following dependencies:

• clang-tidy-11

References

• clang-tidy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tidy package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.