How To Install dmidecode on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode on Kali Linux.

What is dmidecode

dmidecode is:

Dmidecode reports information about the system’s hardware as described in the system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.

This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).

Beware that DMI data have proven to be too unreliable to be blindly trusted. Dmidecode does not scan the hardware, it only reports what the BIOS told it to.

There are three methods to install dmidecode on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dmidecode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dmidecode

Install dmidecode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dmidecode

Install dmidecode Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dmidecode

How To Uninstall dmidecode on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dmidecode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dmidecode

Uninstall dmidecode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dmidecode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dmidecode

Remove dmidecode Configurations and Data

To remove dmidecode configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dmidecode

Remove dmidecode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dmidecode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dmidecode

Dependencies

dmidecode have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• dmidecode website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.