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

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

checkinstall software package provides installation tracker, 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 checkinstall 

checkinstall is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep checkinstall *

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

checkinstall package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Administration Utilities
Package checkinstall
Version 1.6.2-4+b1 [s390x], 1.6.2-4 [a
Description installation tracker
Sub Section admin


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