How to Install and Uninstall i2c-tools Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "i2c-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install i2c-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "i2c-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall i2c-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i2c-tools package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: i2c-tools
Source: i2c-tools (4.2-1)
Version: 4.2-1+b1
Installed-Size: 314
Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libi2c0 (>= 4.0), perl:any, adduser, udev
Recommends: read-edid
Suggests: libi2c-dev, python-smbus
Conflicts: lm-sensors (<< 1:3.0.0-1)
Description: heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux
Description-md5: 675f45359e19feae2eb165a5b0b5bdd7
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/
Tag: hardware::detection, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_4.2-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 81552
MD5sum: 35fc4e5b7f8e76734d7596d0d0777b33
SHA256: 1354bfe45cab47a81eeb2ebaf04c5dfe75487a551d538a645751b211b37764a4