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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "hwinfo" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install hwinfo on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall hwinfo on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: hwinfo
Version: 21.72-1
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_21.72-1_amd64.deb
Size: 33908
MD5sum: 74cda57a948051755c67cf7ec12eea01
SHA256: ce65e17dc8251965ad51a31ccabfa532afff1a7c0c3eebf6840e910c35abdebd