How to Install drush software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install drush software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

drush software package provides command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal, 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 drush 

drush is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep drush *

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

drush package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section PHP
Package drush
Version 5.10.0-2ubuntu1
Description command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal
Sub Section PHP


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