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

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

equivs software package provides Circumvent Debian package dependencies, 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 equivs 

equivs is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep equivs *

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

equivs package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Administration Utilities
Package equivs
Version 2.0.9
Description Circumvent Debian package dependencies
Sub Section admin


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