How to Install host software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Install host software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

host software package provides Transitional package, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install host 

host is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep host *

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

host package basic information:

Distro Debian 7 wheezy
Section Network
Package host
Version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u13
Description Transitional package
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove host software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?