How To Install lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lshw.x86_64 is HardWare LiSter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `lshw.x86_64`

lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed informaton 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 x86s systems and on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work). Information can be output in plain text, XML or HTML. For detailed information on lshw features and usage, please see the included documentation or go to the lshw Web page, http

We can use yum to install lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lshw.x86_64.

Install lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lshw.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lshw.x86_64

How To Uninstall lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lshw.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lshw.x86_64

lshw.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/lshw
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/IODC.txt
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/README.md
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/TODO
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/lshw.xsd
/usr/share/doc/lshw-B.02.18/proc_usb_info.txt
/usr/share/licenses/lshw-B.02.18
/usr/share/licenses/lshw-B.02.18/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/lshw.1.gz

References

lshw.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.