How to Install bsdcpio software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install bsdcpio software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

bsdcpio software package provides transitional dummy package for moving bsdcpio to libarchive-tools, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bsdcpio 

bsdcpio is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bsdcpio *

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

bsdcpio package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Utilities
Package bsdcpio
Version 3.2.1-5
Description transitional dummy package for moving bsdcpio to libarchive-tools
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove bsdcpio software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?