How To Install hardinfo on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardinfo on Debian 10.
What is hardinfo
hardinfo is:
HardInfo is a small application that displays information about your hardware and operating system. Currently it knows about PCI, ISA PnP, USB, IDE, SCSI, Serial and parallel port devices.
There are three methods to install hardinfo on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hardinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hardinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hardinfo
Install hardinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hardinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hardinfo
Install hardinfo 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 hardinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hardinfo
How To Uninstall hardinfo on Debian 10
To uninstall only the hardinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hardinfo
Uninstall hardinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hardinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hardinfo
Remove hardinfo Configurations and Data
To remove hardinfo configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hardinfo
Remove hardinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hardinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hardinfo
Dependencies
hardinfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardinfo package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.