How to Install cpp-5 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install cpp-5 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

cpp-5 software package provides GNU C preprocessor, 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 cpp-5 

cpp-5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cpp-5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpp-5 *

You will get with cpp-5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cpp-5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Interpreters
Package cpp-5
Version 5.4.1-2ubuntu2
Description GNU C preprocessor
Sub Section Interpreters


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cpp-5 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?