How to Install grass-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install grass-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

grass-dev software package provides GRASS GIS development files, 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 grass-dev 

grass-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the grass-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grass-dev *

You will get with grass-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

grass-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package grass-dev
Version 7.0.3-1build1
Description GRASS GIS development files
Sub Section Devel


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