How To Install linklint on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install linklint on Ubuntu 18.04. linklint is A fast link checker and web site maintenance tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linklint on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is linklint

linklint is:

Linklint is a full featured Perl program for checking HTML links:
* both local and remote site checking
* cross referenced and fully hyperlinked output reports
* the ability to check password protected areas
* support for all standard server-side image maps
* reports of orphan files, and files with mismatching case
* a report of which URLs have changed since last checked
* support of proxy servers for remote URL checking
* come with full documentation.

Please visit http://www.linklint.org/ for more information.

There are three methods to install linklint on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install linklint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linklint

Install linklint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linklint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linklint

Install linklint 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 linklint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linklint

How To Uninstall linklint on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the linklint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linklint

Uninstall linklint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linklint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linklint

Remove linklint Configurations and Data

To remove linklint configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linklint

Remove linklint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linklint

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linklint package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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