How to Install and Uninstall dmidecode Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dmidecode" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dmidecode on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dmidecode on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dmidecode
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dmidecode package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dmidecode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 214
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/d/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 59512
MD5sum: 53953573516d9a7c03c3cf0804669a4a
SHA1: beed6353377ed9a316355297c8f9ca8061238bd4
SHA256: 264d25853f28daa39f2067a93057dad9160aeca0a993b264c4850d7a6780c510
SHA512: 4aaf634bd2921f606c0aa4992671f8e63bab113041fc46c530faeca761d4c5162eac505a5887c27d0abdd2424248537abc3578ddc575c7ddf6cb6b9e8eb81502
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/dmidecode/
Description-en: SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
Dmidecode reports information about the system's hardware as described in the
system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.
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This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial
number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying
level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will
often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI,
ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel,
USB).
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Beware that DMI data have proven to be too unreliable to be blindly trusted.
Dmidecode does not scan the hardware, it only reports what the BIOS told it to.
Description-md5: 266176aa2231f4b521210b81955e4d36
Task: standard