How To Install hlint on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hlint
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hlint
hlint is:
HLint gives suggestions on how to improve your source code. It can either print them directly, or generate a colored HTML output.
There are three methods to install hlint
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hlint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hlint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hlint
Install hlint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hlint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hlint
Install hlint 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 hlint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hlint
How To Uninstall hlint on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hlint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hlint
Uninstall hlint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hlint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hlint
Remove hlint Configurations and Data
To remove hlint
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hlint
Remove hlint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hlint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hlint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hlint
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.