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

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hwdata" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install hwdata on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall hwdata 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 hwdata package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hwdata
Version: 0.368-1
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Pino Toscano
Architecture: all
Depends: pci.ids, usb.ids
Description: hardware identification / configuration data
Description-md5: 68fe769f9882615d4fce39f3ad457428
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::hardware, hardware::detection, role::data
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hwdata/hwdata_0.368-1_all.deb
Size: 26544
MD5sum: e98d21074114201d1e39449c1cbc6aee
SHA256: 0a5581d318b394f530eb6ff9dd2e407cc5bf8d144607d241ddb1f60379754be0