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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hwinfo" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install hwinfo on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: hwinfo
Version: 21.82-1
Installed-Size: 82
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_21.82-1_amd64.deb
Size: 34584
MD5sum: e9232390e41e00ed57bb4cd9af6d0f27
SHA256: 6940f83eea296c82cdd3e4f79afecdda84ab8c548de88b6169d65863164f789d