How To Install clang-tidy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tidy on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 clang-tidy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clang-tidy
How To Uninstall clang-tidy on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tidy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
