How To Install lshw-gui on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw-gui
on CentOS 8.
What is lshw-gui
Graphical frontend for the hardware lister (lshw) tool. If desired, hardware information can be saved to file in plain, XML or HTML format.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install lshw-gui
on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lshw-gui.
Install lshw-gui on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lshw-gui
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lshw-gui
Install lshw-gui on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lshw-gui
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lshw-gui
How To Uninstall lshw-gui on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lshw-gui
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lshw-gui
lshw-gui Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/lshw-gui
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/34fba44e78cc18c2aca922e0c9501077483544
/usr/sbin/gtk-lshw
/usr/sbin/lshw-gui
/usr/share/appdata/gtk-lshw.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gtk-lshw.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/lshw-gui
/usr/share/licenses/lshw-gui/COPYING
/usr/share/lshw
/usr/share/lshw/artwork
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/32.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/64.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/alpha.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/amd.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/audio.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/battery.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/bluetooth.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/board.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/cd.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/chip.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/cloud.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/cpu.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/desktopcomputer.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/disabled.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/disc.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/display.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/emac.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/firewire.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/intel.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/laptop.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/logo.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/md.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/memory.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/mini.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/mips.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/modem.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/motherboard.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/network.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/parallel.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/parisc.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/powermac.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/powermacg5.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/powerpc.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/printer.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/question.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/radio.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/scsi.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/serial.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/sparc.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/tablet.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/towercomputer.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/usb.svg
/usr/share/lshw/artwork/wifi.svg
/usr/share/lshw/ui
/usr/share/lshw/ui/gtk-lshw.ui
/usr/share/pixmaps/gtk-lshw.svg
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.ezix.lshw.gui.policy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw-gui
on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.