How To Install hwdata on Debian 12
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.
After updating apt database, We can install hwdata
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install hwdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install hwdata
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install hwdata
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall hwdata on Debian 12
To uninstall only the hwdata
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove hwdata Configurations and Data
To remove hwdata
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
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:
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
.