How To Install lshw on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw on Kali Linux. lshw is information about hardware configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw on Kali Linux.

What is lshw

lshw is:

A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 systems, on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work) and AMD64.

Information can be output in plain text, HTML or XML.

There are three methods to install lshw 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 lshw Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lshw

Install lshw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lshw

Install lshw 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.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lshw

How To Uninstall lshw on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lshw

Uninstall lshw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lshw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lshw

Remove lshw Configurations and Data

To remove lshw configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lshw

Remove lshw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lshw

Dependencies

lshw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lshw package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.