How to Install and Uninstall hw-probe Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "hw-probe" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install hw-probe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hw-probe
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hw-probe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall hw-probe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hw-probe
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hw-probe package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: hw-probe
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mathieu Malaterre
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 390
Depends: acpica-tools, curl, dmidecode, hdparm, hwinfo, libdigest-sha-perl, libwww-perl, lm-sensors, lsb-release, mesa-utils, pciutils, perl-base (>= 5), smartmontools, usbutils, x11-utils, perl:any
Recommends: alsa-utils, cpuid, edid-decode, ethtool, fdisk, i2c-tools, iw, mcelog, memtester, pnputils, sysstat, upower, vainfo, vdpauinfo, vulkan-utils, wireless-tools, x11-xserver-utils, xinput
Filename: pool/universe/h/hw-probe/hw-probe_1.5-1_all.deb
Size: 79012
MD5sum: ee80d2987d80a069f34e1b3692439a31
SHA1: b324979b3d0b1d357115ad01ad8ecfbc73ccbfef
SHA256: 57328dd1f5ff914942fad882e38ce7fc6db8bf07e8bead9daf0e8a837f3dfe29
SHA512: 76fa5c57abe6dcf1e0550b647ad654aaea2918eebbd70d5ba22d3249bb802bdeef70ce91b4dbe7aaf23614ece685c0e27dde640f84a0aad1c7617cf0157457f0
Homepage: https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe
Description-en: Tool to check operability of computer hardware
A tool to check operability of computer hardware and upload result
to the Linux hardware database.
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Probe — is a snapshot of your computer's hardware state and system
logs. The tool returns a permanent URL to view the probe of the
computer.
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The tool is intended to simplify collecting of logs necessary for
investigating hardware related problems. Just ask user to run one
simple command to collect all the system logs at once:
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sudo hw-probe -all -upload
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By creating probes you contribute to the HDD/SSD Real-Life
Reliability Test study: https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART
Description-md5: 088b0a96e3da757d312da632484223b4