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

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

bsdmainutils software package provides collection of more utilities from FreeBSD, 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 bsdmainutils 

bsdmainutils is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bsdmainutils *

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

bsdmainutils package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Utilities
Package bsdmainutils
Version 9.0.12
Description collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
Sub Section Utils


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