How to Install kexec-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install kexec-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

kexec-tools software package provides tools to support fast kexec reboots, 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 kexec-tools 

kexec-tools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the kexec-tools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kexec-tools *

You will get with kexec-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

kexec-tools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package kexec-tools
Version 1:2.0.6-0ubuntu2
Description tools to support fast kexec reboots
Sub Section Admin


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