How To Install libhd21 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd21 on Debian 9.
What is libhd21
libhd21 is:
hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.
In Debian Edu (Skolelinux) hwinfo has shown better results than discover when detecting mouse, keyboard and monitor.
hwinfo collects information about the hardware installed on a system. Among others, libhd contains information about cdrom, zip, floppy, disks and partitions, network card, graphics card, monitor, camera, mouse, sound, pppoe, isdn, modem, printer, scanner, bios, cpu, usb, memory and smp.
This package contains the shared library from the hwinfo package.
There are three methods to install libhd21 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhd21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhd21 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhd21
Install libhd21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhd21 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhd21
Install libhd21 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 libhd21 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhd21
How To Uninstall libhd21 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libhd21 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhd21
Uninstall libhd21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhd21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhd21
Remove libhd21 Configurations and Data
To remove libhd21 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhd21
Remove libhd21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhd21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhd21
Dependencies
libhd21 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd21 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.