How to Install freetds-common software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install freetds-common software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

freetds-common software package provides configuration files for FreeTDS SQL client libraries, 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 freetds-common 

freetds-common is installed in your system.

Make ensure the freetds-common package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freetds-common *

You will get with freetds-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table

freetds-common package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package freetds-common
Version 0.91-6.1build1
Description configuration files for FreeTDS SQL client libraries
Sub Section Libs


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