---
name: "lintian-lab-tool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lintian"
version: "2.5.50.4"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lintian-lab-tool"
---

# lintian-lab-tool(1)

perform common operations on/involving laboratories

## NAME

lintian-lab-tool - perform common operations on/involving laboratories

## SYNOPSIS

**lintian-lab-tool** \<cmd\> \<lab\> \[...\]

**lintian-lab-tool** help

## DESCRIPTION

The **lintian-lab-tool** ...

## OPERATIONS

- **create-lab** *laboratory-dir*

  Creates a new permanent Lintian laboratory in the directory denoted by **laboratory-dir**.

- **help** \[*cmd*\]

  Display the synopsis of this tool or one of its operations.

- **remove-lab** *laboratory-dir*

  Removes a permanent Lintian laboratory in the directory denoted by **laboratory-dir**.

- **remove-pkgs** *laboratory-dir* *query* \[... *query*\]

  Removes all packages matching the given *queries* from the permanent Lintian laboratory denoted by **laboratory-dir**.

- **scrub-lab** *laboratory-dir*

  Attempt to fix common metadata issues in an existing laboratory.

  This command can correct *some* corruptions caused by programs that failed to synchronize the laboratory metadata with the actual contents.  Almost all corrections involve discarding corrupted entries.

  These issues usually occur because:

  - •

    Two processes update the laboratory concurrently.

  - •

    A process updated the laboratory but was killed / crashed before it properly close the laboratory.

  Note that Lintian tools will fix these issues automatically as the tools happen to run into the issues.

## CAVEAT

Laboratories are not designed to have multiple processes working on them concurrently.

## SEE ALSO

[*lintian*(1)](/lintian/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Niels Thykier \<niels@thykier.net\>

Richard Braakman \<dark@xs4all.nl\>

Christian Schwarz \<schwarz@monet.m.isar.de\>