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

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

fossil software package provides DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database, 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 fossil 

fossil is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fossil *

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

fossil package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Version Control Systems
Package fossil
Version 1:1.33-3
Description DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database
Sub Section vcs


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