How to Install libftdi1 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libftdi1 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libftdi1 software package provides Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller, 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 libftdi1 

libftdi1 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libftdi1 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libftdi1 *

You will get with libftdi1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libftdi1 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package libftdi1
Version 0.20-4build1
Description Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller
Sub Section Libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libftdi1 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?