How to Install clang-tidy-3.8 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install clang-tidy-3.8 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

clang-tidy-3.8 software package provides clang-based C++ linter tool, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install clang-tidy-3.8 

clang-tidy-3.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the clang-tidy-3.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep clang-tidy-3.8 *

You will get with clang-tidy-3.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

clang-tidy-3.8 package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Development
Package clang-tidy-3.8
Version 1:3.8.1-13
Description clang-based C++ linter tool
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove clang-tidy-3.8 software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?