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

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

ctags software package provides virtual package provided by exuberant-ctags, 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 ctags

ctags is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ctags*

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

ctags package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Virtual packages
Package ctags
Version
Description virtual package provided by exuberant-ctags
Sub Section Virtual


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