How to Install and Uninstall dmidecode Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dmidecode on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dmidecode" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dmidecode on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dmidecode on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dmidecode package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dmidecode
Version: 3.4-1
Installed-Size: 221
Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Description: SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
Description-md5: 266176aa2231f4b521210b81955e4d36
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/dmidecode/
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::detection, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::viewing
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/d/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 68764
MD5sum: d2b9aef8e2a1b773213a5c044bc53687
SHA256: d993666c87dd290d6df2a69bf0beba608c38b1157a5c97795d2011e51b0db96e