How To Install sysinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sysinfo
sysinfo is:
sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.
It is able to recognize information about:
- System (Linux distribution release, versions of GNOME, kernel, gcc and Xorg and hostname);
- CPU (vendor identification, model name, frequency, level2 cache, bogomips, model numbers and flags);
- Memory (total system RAM, free memory, swap space total and free, cached, active, inactive memory);
- Storage (IDE interface, all IDE devices, SCSI devices);
- Hardware (motherboard, graphic card, sound card, network devices);
- NVIDIA graphic card: only with NVIDIA display driver installed.
There are three methods to install sysinfo on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sysinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sysinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sysinfo
Install sysinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sysinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sysinfo
Install sysinfo 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sysinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sysinfo
How To Uninstall sysinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sysinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sysinfo
Uninstall sysinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sysinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysinfo
Remove sysinfo Configurations and Data
To remove sysinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sysinfo
Remove sysinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sysinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysinfo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
