How To Install hwdata on Debian 12

Learn how to install hwdata on Debian 12 with this tutorial. hwdata is hardware identification / configuration data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hwdata on Debian 12.

What is hwdata

hwdata is:

This package contains various hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids database, or the XFree86/xorg Cards database. It is needed for the kudzu hardware detection.

There are three methods to install hwdata on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hwdata Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hwdata

Install hwdata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hwdata

Install hwdata 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 hwdata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hwdata

How To Uninstall hwdata on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove hwdata

Uninstall hwdata And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hwdata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hwdata

Remove hwdata Configurations and Data

To remove hwdata configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hwdata

Remove hwdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hwdata

Dependencies

hwdata have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hwdata package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.