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

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

jacksum software package provides computes checksums, CRCs and message digests, 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 jacksum 

jacksum is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jacksum *

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

jacksum package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package jacksum
Version 1.7.0-4
Description computes checksums, CRCs and message digests
Sub Section Utils


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