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

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

libfdisk-dev software package provides fdisk partitioning library - headers and static libraries, 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 libfdisk-dev 

libfdisk-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libfdisk-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libfdisk-dev
Version 2.27.1-6ubuntu3
Description fdisk partitioning library - headers and static libraries
Sub Section Devel


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