How to Install and Uninstall fwts Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "fwts" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fwts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fwts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Firmware Testing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1134
Depends: libfwtsiasl1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3), libfwtsacpica1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3), libfwts1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3), fwts-efi-runtime-dkms (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libjson-c2 (>= 0.10), pciutils
Suggests: dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/f/fwts/fwts_16.03.00-0ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 285522
MD5sum: c6b56e59b01f90cd30598dc4ddc621d9
SHA1: aca5e1a745124f77adfa1bebe9201de3b444d4f7
SHA256: d1ac4cf5df679da26de229f4d745d6c5c7cebe382efd0b188c090c0ed17ea7e8
SHA512: aeaa51326514d9a5b2fa2effd0d7a36a78c6337de7d6d0bb731e67e5616ef8d39c789cf27901ad6bc3ed36c1224ba8af23ab3ce2614f331ed4bb986fa2d83d7a
Description-en: FirmWare Test Suite
This is a firmware test suite that performs sanity checks on Intel/AMD
PC 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: d6b6141d7ca394b5197f5a8e24578b35

Package: fwts
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1133
Maintainer: Firmware Testing Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 16.03.00-0ubuntu1
Depends: libfwtsiasl1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1), libfwtsacpica1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1), libfwts1 (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1), fwts-efi-runtime-dkms (= 16.03.00-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libjson-c2 (>= 0.10), pciutils
Suggests: dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/f/fwts/fwts_16.03.00-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 285034
MD5sum: 5fcae9c793fd94e744aa798955730e0f
SHA1: 32bbb4b9119e1c7f58073add07874d3c2c877044
SHA256: 023100574497394246bd6f906d2f0720020eee1c31d1839ae326e25af2370893
Description-en: FirmWare Test Suite
This is a firmware test suite that performs sanity checks on Intel/AMD
PC 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: d6b6141d7ca394b5197f5a8e24578b35
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu