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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "lshw" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall lshw on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lshw
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lshw package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lshw
Architecture: amd64
Version: 02.17-1.1ubuntu3.6
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ghe Rivero
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 644
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: pciutils, usbutils
Filename: pool/main/l/lshw/lshw_02.17-1.1ubuntu3.6_amd64.deb
Size: 215208
MD5sum: 62e2705d0f34f7f99f5b49846f0e5827
SHA1: ecd704dc4ef3aff2a001b93e984ff6f4dac15633
SHA256: bec4e2dd06a4361fa9d442f5f2b699cfc32d07ae7d1c6761a41ef580c5db4deb
SHA512: 62bd2454eb5a871b4e3df6dd1359e971f6a56e80284b8b4547535d54b378ef755c75b8e0c97851b6a8e475ba115be9de7f5b91bdac586c20c31149edc6304e98
Description-en: information about hardware configuration
A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware
configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory
configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version
and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86
systems, on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work) and AMD64.
.
Information can be output in plain text, HTML or XML.
Description-md5: 5bbbb48f52cc6707ed44dbb6942d387b
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: lshw
Priority: standard
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 643
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ghe Rivero
Architecture: amd64
Version: 02.17-1.1ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: pciutils, usbutils
Filename: pool/main/l/lshw/lshw_02.17-1.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 213706
MD5sum: a6b925abc9d6713e299e31e2e7b326a5
SHA1: 2e949581b5ca4cbf3f407b348d7ed5f1b42d8708
SHA256: ec0b33998184ef5c5fee908e6fef97420bd891ed05bdfe325d405ddaec3fa06b
Description-en: information about hardware configuration
A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware
configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory
configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version
and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86
systems, on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work) and AMD64.
.
Information can be output in plain text, HTML or XML.
Description-md5: 5bbbb48f52cc6707ed44dbb6942d387b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard