How to Install colorname software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install colorname software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

colorname software package provides utility to associate a name to a color, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install colorname 

colorname is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep colorname *

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

colorname package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Utilities
Package colorname
Version 0.4+dfsg.1-3
Description utility to associate a name to a color
Sub Section utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove colorname software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?