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

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

gengetopt software package provides skeleton main.c generator, 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 gengetopt 

gengetopt is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gengetopt *

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

gengetopt package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package gengetopt
Version 2.22.6+dfsg0-1
Description skeleton main.c generator
Sub Section Devel


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