How to Install etherwake software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install etherwake software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

etherwake software package provides tool to send magic Wake-on-LAN packets, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install etherwake 

etherwake is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep etherwake *

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

etherwake package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package etherwake
Version 1.09-4
Description tool to send magic Wake-on-LAN packets
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove etherwake software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?