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.
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install dmidecode Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall dmidecode on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dmidecode
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove dmidecode Configurations and Data
To remove dmidecode
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
dmidecode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.