How to Install and Uninstall usbutils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "usbutils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install usbutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall usbutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: usbutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:013-3build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 325
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libudev1 (>= 196), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22)
Breaks: hwdata (<< 0.334-1~), isenkram (<< 0.45~), kinfocenter (<< 4:5.14.5-2~), libosinfo-1.0-0 (<< 1.8.0-1~), usbip (<< 2.0+5.10.4-1~)
Filename: pool/main/u/usbutils/usbutils_013-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 85488
MD5sum: 2a243abd9eadbf029c035b6e945d34ad
SHA1: 0283c6f67103b587656b128c925a21c94cfdea5b
SHA256: 63c3e363ae52bc1c62c6c41420c3a4743640feef268be831f1e6fabd42f4193c
SHA512: 8b217c804bf4e75913bbd6d99f6d225ef9f9edf592d83b605adc9244d5071af826616ed432a2ea287d2ac88a08882184289a9f17a2e83d2255d39546eea51bf5
Homepage: https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils
Description-en: Linux USB utilities
This package contains the lsusb utility for inspecting the devices
connected to the USB bus. It shows a graphical representation of the
devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the
USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on
the bus.
Description-md5: 928f8c65aee445506dc03a844a66adac
Task: standard