grep software package provides GNU grep, egrep and fgrep, 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 grep
grep is installed in your system.
Make ensure the grep package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grep *
You will get with grep package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | grep |
| Version | 2.24-1 |
| Description | GNU grep, egrep and fgrep |
| Sub Section | Utils |
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