How to Install debian-maintainers software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install debian-maintainers software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

debian-maintainers software package provides virtual package provided by debian-keyring, 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 debian-maintainers

debian-maintainers is installed in your system.

Make ensure the debian-maintainers package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep debian-maintainers*

You will get with debian-maintainers package name, version, architecture and description in a table

debian-maintainers package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Virtual packages
Package debian-maintainers
Version
Description virtual package provided by debian-keyring
Sub Section virtual


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