How to Install and Uninstall hw-probe Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hw-probe" package

This tutorial shows how to install hw-probe on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hw-probe
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hw-probe" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall hw-probe on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: hw-probe
Version: 1.6.5-1
Installed-Size: 550
Maintainer: Mathieu Malaterre
Architecture: all
Depends: acpica-tools, curl, dmidecode, hdparm, hwinfo, libdigest-sha-perl, libwww-perl, lm-sensors, lsb-release, mesa-utils, pciutils, perl-base (>= 5), smartmontools, usbutils, perl:any
Recommends: alsa-utils, cpuid, edid-decode, ethtool, fdisk, i2c-tools, iw, mcelog, memtester, pnputils, sysstat, upower, vainfo, vdpauinfo, vulkan-tools, wireless-tools, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils, xinput
Description: Tool to check operability of computer hardware
Description-md5: 088b0a96e3da757d312da632484223b4
Homepage: https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hw-probe/hw-probe_1.6.5-1_all.deb
Size: 109100
MD5sum: a878f71c627176fa2bdaf05ec6f2cdc8
SHA256: 122041fb0d0542eb27d0d74b338b0b25f89662c1c41af28e785993ca4b111301