lintian

Checks Debian packages for policy violations and quality issues.

Debian

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$lintian [OPTIONS] PACKAGE

Optionen

--display-info Also shows informational notices

--pedantic Stricter checks

Examples

$lintian package_1.0_amd64.deb

Examples

$lintian --display-info package_1.0_source.changes

Typical use cases

Standard usage

lintian --help

Detailed Help

man lintian

Note Core tool in the Debian packaging process.

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