How to Install desktop-file-utils software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install desktop-file-utils software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

desktop-file-utils software package provides Utilities for .desktop files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install desktop-file-utils 

desktop-file-utils is installed in your system.

Make ensure the desktop-file-utils package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep desktop-file-utils *

You will get with desktop-file-utils package name, version, architecture and description in a table

desktop-file-utils package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package desktop-file-utils
Version 0.22-1ubuntu5
Description Utilities for .desktop files
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove desktop-file-utils software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?