How to Install and Uninstall fwts Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "fwts" package

This tutorial shows how to install fwts on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fwts on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fwts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.03.00-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Firmware Testing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1413
Depends: libfwtsiasl1 (= 21.03.00-0ubuntu1), libfwtsacpica1 (= 21.03.00-0ubuntu1), libfwts1 (= 21.03.00-0ubuntu1), fwts-efi-runtime-dkms (= 21.03.00-0ubuntu1), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libfdt1 (>= 1.6.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), pciutils
Suggests: dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/f/fwts/fwts_21.03.00-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 348804
MD5sum: 8796009b915957928912162584d23171
SHA1: 4fd00398c2df6dd81664e9aa28f72384a7650ac9
SHA256: 8c06ff8ce4607021477acb83b2a988860c38c3f7a583bcdb74928c079acdaa76
SHA512: 6d9fce84caba081b0bedc7975059810b3b991a02f227872e559e06a75819a2bfcdd983e8a5a89dfde082f7d90c24874f18591de5075d418e4c841997282ff033
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