How To Install lintian on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintian on Kali Linux.
What is lintian
lintian is:
Lintian dissects Debian packages and reports bugs and policy violations. It contains automated checks for many aspects of Debian policy as well as some checks for common errors.
This package is useful for all people who want to check Debian packages for compliance with Debian policy. Every Debian maintainer should check packages with this tool before uploading them to the archive.
This version of Lintian is calibrated for Debian Policy version 4.5.1.
There are three methods to install lintian 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 lintian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lintian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lintianInstall lintian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lintian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lintianInstall lintian 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lintian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lintianHow To Uninstall lintian on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lintian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lintianUninstall lintian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lintian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lintianRemove lintian Configurations and Data
To remove lintian configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lintianRemove lintian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lintian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lintianDependencies
lintian have the following dependencies:
- binutils
- bzip2
- diffstat
- dpkg
- dpkg-dev
- file
- gettext
- gpg
- intltool-debian
- libapt-pkg-perl
- libarchive-zip-perl
- libcapture-tiny-perl
- libclass-xsaccessor-perl
- libclone-perl
- libconfig-tiny-perl
- libcpanel-json-xs-perl
- libdata-dpath-perl
- libdata-validate-domain-perl
- libdevel-size-perl
- libdigest-sha-perl
- libdpkg-perl
- libemail-address-xs-perl
- libfile-basedir-perl
- libfile-find-rule-perl
- libfont-ttf-perl
- libhtml-html5-entities-perl
- libipc-run3-perl
- libjson-maybexs-perl
- liblist-compare-perl
- liblist-moreutils-perl
- liblist-utilsby-perl
- libmoo-perl
- libmoox-aliases-perl
- libnamespace-clean-perl
- libpath-tiny-perl
- libperlio-gzip-perl
- libproc-processtable-perl
- libsereal-decoder-perl
- libsereal-encoder-perl
- libtext-glob-perl
- libtext-levenshteinxs-perl
- libtext-markdown-discount-perl
- libtext-xslate-perl
- libtime-duration-perl
- libtime-moment-perl
- libtimedate-perl
- libtry-tiny-perl
- libtype-tiny-perl
- libunicode-utf8-perl
- liburi-perl
- libxml-libxml-perl
- libyaml-libyaml-perl
- lzip
- lzop
- man-db
- patchutils
- perl
- t1utils
- unzip
- xz-utils
- perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintian package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.