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

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

lsof software package provides Utility to list open files, 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 lsof 

lsof is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lsof *

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

lsof package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package lsof
Version 4.86+dfsg-1ubuntu2
Description Utility to list open files
Sub Section Utils


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