abook software package provides text-based ncurses address book application, 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 abook
abook is installed in your system.
Make ensure the abook package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep abook *
You will get with abook package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | |
| Package | abook |
| Version | 0.6.1-1+b1 |
| Description | text-based ncurses address book application |
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