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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "hwinfo" package

This guide let you learn how to install hwinfo on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall hwinfo on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: hwinfo
Version: 21.63-3
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Sebastien Badia
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libhd21 (>= 21.0)
Description: Hardware identification system
Description-md5: 970442d853c387b8e2c5e7373c497270
Homepage: https://github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::detection, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::scanning
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hwinfo/hwinfo_21.63-3_amd64.deb
Size: 33320
MD5sum: 273a2b6724b70797a8bdea8c7f8229a5
SHA256: d9a3cd23fa1db162b93e3d2d3adbaa9bc867521ff72ace081492d2ee8d76f082