How to Install and Uninstall hwdata Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "hwdata" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hwdata on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hwdata
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hwdata" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall hwdata on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hwdata
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hwdata package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: hwdata
Version: 0.290-1
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Architecture: all
Depends: usbutils, pciutils
Description: hardware identification / configuration data
Description-md5: 68fe769f9882615d4fce39f3ad457428
Homepage: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/hwdata.git
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::hardware, hardware::detection,
role::app-data, role::program, use::configuring
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hwdata/hwdata_0.290-1_all.deb
Size: 33032
MD5sum: df8e062473e36096bc641e5378866de5
SHA256: 1871341ab868b97857da56bb98d8d46e5480cb373f5d4c0631b9d4711b2db681