How to Install bsdmainutils software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install bsdmainutils software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

bsdmainutils software package provides collection of more utilities from FreeBSD, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bsdmainutils 

bsdmainutils is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bsdmainutils package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bsdmainutils *

You will get with bsdmainutils package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bsdmainutils package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Utilities
Package bsdmainutils
Version 9.0.6ubuntu3
Description collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
Sub Section Utils


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