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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "lshw" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install lshw on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lshw on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: lshw
Version: 02.18.85-0.1
Installed-Size: 763
Maintainer: Ghe Rivero
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: pciutils, usbutils
Description: information about hardware configuration
Description-md5: 5bbbb48f52cc6707ed44dbb6942d387b
Homepage: https://github.com/lyonel/lshw
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::detection, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::utility, use::viewing, works-with-format::html,
works-with-format::xml, works-with::text, x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lshw/lshw_02.18.85-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 254352
MD5sum: b7a826f319dea9b104d8b1af40c0436d
SHA256: dead050e204150ecbb6d7f596a4a5482ead321ca0623f2abffd17e0e0c70e99e