How To Install linuxinfo on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxinfo on Debian 11.
What is linuxinfo
linuxinfo is:
Displays system info, such as kernel revision, glibc version, processor type and memory size, in general by parsing /proc/cpuinfo.
There are three methods to install linuxinfo on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linuxinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linuxinfo
Install linuxinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linuxinfo
Install linuxinfo 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linuxinfo
How To Uninstall linuxinfo on Debian 11
To uninstall only the linuxinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linuxinfo
Uninstall linuxinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linuxinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linuxinfo
Remove linuxinfo Configurations and Data
To remove linuxinfo configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linuxinfo
Remove linuxinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linuxinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linuxinfo
Dependencies
linuxinfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxinfo package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
