How to Install and Uninstall hwdata Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "hwdata" package

This tutorial shows how to install hwdata on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall hwdata on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hwdata
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hwdata package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: hwdata
Version: 0.345-1
Installed-Size: 74
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::app-data, role::program, use::configuring
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hwdata/hwdata_0.345-1_all.deb
Size: 27332
MD5sum: 6ecc4d203e17e92af3b245a1b5cdd1a0
SHA256: 97cd6be5dd5d15f097cf478346fc321c023743a813ce8e6b01e7c21b17981ca5