How to Install freetds-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install freetds-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

freetds-dev software package provides MS SQL and Sybase client library (static libs and headers), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freetds-dev 

freetds-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

freetds-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Development
Package freetds-dev
Version 0.91-6.1build2
Description MS SQL and Sybase client library (static libs and headers)
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove freetds-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?