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

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

ethdetect software package provides Detect network hardware and load kernel drivers for it, 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 ethdetect 

ethdetect is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ethdetect *

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

ethdetect package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section debian-installer udeb packages
Package ethdetect
Version 1.117ubuntu2
Description Detect network hardware and load kernel drivers for it
Sub Section Debian-installer


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ethdetect software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?