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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "fwts" package

Learn how to install fwts on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: fwts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20.09.00-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Firmware Testing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1462
Depends: libfwtsiasl1 (= 20.09.00-0ubuntu1), libfwtsacpica1 (= 20.09.00-0ubuntu1), libfwts1 (= 20.09.00-0ubuntu1), fwts-efi-runtime-dkms (= 20.09.00-0ubuntu1), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfdt1 (>= 1.6.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), pciutils
Suggests: dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/f/fwts/fwts_20.09.00-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 357180
MD5sum: 2bebdaf3f711d43c0ab3ad70e3530463
SHA1: 6e360aa94c25b7d14342a6a7855e985cacc74a6d
SHA256: befa293e9bbc2f59bf253402cc4fcc89bc1de59e79005eeb14e4bd58725df6cf
SHA512: 61bac83c8dbc7ca11d8ea4847e217fb3062436fbef0ee27bb543f0b3595d28c3ecae2e37ee4bff725884524922aca783ce41929ae1d7775de1766c3d24ab6ca5
Description-en: FirmWare Test Suite
This is a firmware test suite that performs sanity checks on system
firmware. It is intended to identify BIOS and ACPI errors and
if appropriate it will try to explain the errors and give advice to
help workaround or fix firmware bugs. It is primarily intended to
be a Linux-centric firmware troubleshooting tool.
Description-md5: 2ced4a548490b16630bde449e3861f20