How to Install exuberant-ctags software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install exuberant-ctags software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

exuberant-ctags software package provides build tag file indexes of source code definitions, 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 exuberant-ctags 

exuberant-ctags is installed in your system.

Make ensure the exuberant-ctags package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep exuberant-ctags *

You will get with exuberant-ctags package name, version, architecture and description in a table

exuberant-ctags package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
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Package exuberant-ctags
Version 1:5.9~svn20110310-11
Description build tag file indexes of source code definitions
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