How to Install and Uninstall hwinfo Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "hwinfo" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install hwinfo on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall hwinfo on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: hwinfo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.52-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastien Badia
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 82
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libhd21 (>= 21.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hwinfo/hwinfo_21.52-1_amd64.deb
Size: 17960
MD5sum: 143ffb1d737cc334e9e95915211c02db
SHA1: 528e5cdade103554f1a3f84a8bfac26089ec304d
SHA256: 9dcb5578f706aee0d1106aa15668bc0f29888858adad2b46b5b6d49b12ca674a
Homepage: https://github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo
Description: Hardware identification system
Description-md5: 970442d853c387b8e2c5e7373c497270