Check Python 3 Source With Pylint Running With Python 2

Some checks of Pylint are depending on whether the checked source code is of kind Python 2 or Python 3. E.g., see How to avoid Pylint warnings for constructor of inherited class in

Solution 1:

Short answer: you can't.

Pylint is using the builtin Python parser, and also get standard library information on demand, so the Python version running Pylint has a high impact on its output.

You should have several Pylint installations if you want to use it to check both Python 2 and Python 3 code.

Solution 2:

You can install pylint using pip3

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install pylint