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

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

fakeroot software package provides tool for simulating superuser privileges, 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 fakeroot 

fakeroot is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fakeroot *

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

fakeroot package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package fakeroot
Version 1.20-3ubuntu2
Description tool for simulating superuser privileges
Sub Section Utils


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