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Alexis Wilke
Asked: 2021-05-15 11:46:10 +0800 CST

Which package do I have to install to get `gjslint` in Ubuntu 21.04?

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I've been using gjslint to verify that my JavaScript code is valid before sending it to my servers. Very practical.

In older versions (16.04, 18.04), it was found in the closure-linter package.

In newer versions (20.04), it was moved to the closure-compiler package (the closure-linter was removed/renamed).

In 21.04, it seems to be gone. I have closure-compiler installed and I can see gjs and gjs-console, but no gjslint.

Is there a way to use gjs as a linter only? Or is the linter hidden somewhere else?

Note: I ran apt-file find gjslint and it came up empty handed.

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  1. Best Answer

    You have already found many parts of the puzzle.

    Below are last bricks. Source package for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mentions project page - https://developers.google.com/closure/utilities/ .

    It has the following:

    Closure Linter is deprecated
    [...]
    For teams using the Closure tools, we recommend they use the new linter based on the Closure Compiler instead. You can do this by passing --jscomp_warning=lintChecks to the compiler, or building the standalone linter binary; see the Closure Compiler wiki for details. The rest of the information on this page will be kept up for a while, for teams who are still using Closure Linter.

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