# Install pylint with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix

It's not just a linter that annoys you! Version 4.0.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pylint.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pylint
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pylint
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pylint
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pylint from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pylint
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pylint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pylint
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pylint from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pylint
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.0.6
- **Source summary:** It's not just a linter that annoys you!
- **Homepage:** <https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T17:23:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pylint (alias)
- pylint-config (alias)
- pyreverse (alias)
- symilar (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.0.6

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: pylintrc, .pylintrc, pyproject.toml, setup.cfg, tox.ini, $PYLINTRC, ~/.pylintrc, ~/.config/pylintrc, /etc/pylintrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pylint - 3.3.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pylint from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python 3 code static checker and UML diagram generator | https://pylint.pycqa.org/
- Nix - pylint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pylint from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - pylint - 3.0.3-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pylint from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python 3 code static checker and UML diagram generator | https://pylint.pycqa.org/
- dnf - pylint - 4.0.6-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pylint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Analyzes Python code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality | https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
- dnf - python3-pylint - 4.0.6-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pylint from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Analyzes Python code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality | https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pylint.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pylint.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph