How To Install x86info on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x86info
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is x86info
x86info is:
x86info displays diagnostic information about the CPUs fitted to i386 compatible systems. This includes information on the CPU cache configuration, speed and supported features.
Some features require the kernel cpuid driver to be available.
There are three methods to install x86info
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install x86info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x86info
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x86info
Install x86info Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x86info
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x86info
Install x86info Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install x86info
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x86info
How To Uninstall x86info on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the x86info
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x86info
Uninstall x86info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x86info
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x86info
Remove x86info Configurations and Data
To remove x86info
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x86info
Remove x86info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x86info
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x86info
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x86info
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.