How to Install and Uninstall read-edid Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "read-edid" package

This tutorial shows how to install read-edid on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                read-edid
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "read-edid" package

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


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

Package: read-edid
Version: 3.0.2-1.1
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx86-1 (>= 1.1+ds1)
Description: hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
Description-md5: 47a6a60c061631811f9635c58782eaf5
Homepage: http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::detection, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/read-edid/read-edid_3.0.2-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 19288
MD5sum: b4c916e99313ff236b1441d9245c55fe
SHA256: 277fce0e3a281f303409f8cc4fd405a3f6a52ec63180cf9117be450263c63080