How to Install and Uninstall i2c-tools Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "i2c-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install i2c-tools on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "i2c-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall i2c-tools on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i2c-tools package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: i2c-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-1build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 318
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libi2c0 (>= 4.0), perl:any, adduser, udev
Recommends: read-edid
Suggests: libi2c-dev, python-smbus
Conflicts: lm-sensors (<< 1:3.0.0-1)
Filename: pool/universe/i/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_4.2-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 75960
MD5sum: 46c03f41eaf9241d7180bdfab3b687ed
SHA1: fdb87bf5c928241512614b6a81a1bebcee1cdf05
SHA256: 25a5ba18e7a9c3b30434ceecf608c40099ad837d440fe92ac4cf0015cd684e91
SHA512: 0bce1cb332874c2794947132b912998649249ad5186f55f7ba17762c546623d4540c1e3fc1ff808a4708a8296ce5929e8159057378b17204e6d97a14834d776d
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/
Description-en: heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux
This package contains a heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux: a bus
probing tool, a chip dumper, register-level access helpers, EEPROM
decoding scripts, and more.
Description-md5: 675f45359e19feae2eb165a5b0b5bdd7