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

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

hy software package provides Lisp (s-expression) based frontend to Python (metapackage), 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 hy 

hy is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hy *

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

hy package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Python
Package hy
Version 0.11.1-1
Description Lisp (s-expression) based frontend to Python (metapackage)
Sub Section Python


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