How to Install and Uninstall hwdata Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "hwdata" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hwdata on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall hwdata on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: hwdata
Architecture: all
Version: 0.333-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pino Toscano
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: usbutils, pciutils
Filename: pool/main/h/hwdata/hwdata_0.333-1_all.deb
Size: 23340
MD5sum: b14ae06c645d257c0d3ebe7582fc5479
SHA1: 473684ea75b9e7708c4e33784955071b8189350f
SHA256: 13a44ad20dc2b9ec691e75d7d036cdffac85bdf2361367bb20b003bb94b8ef51
Homepage: https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata
Description: hardware identification / configuration data
Description-md5: 68fe769f9882615d4fce39f3ad457428
Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop