How to Install bsdmainutils software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install bsdmainutils software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

bsdmainutils software package provides collection of more utilities from FreeBSD, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) 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 Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Utilities
Package bsdmainutils
Version 8.2.3ubuntu1
Description collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
Sub Section Utils


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