How To Install usbview on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbview
on Debian 12.
What is usbview
usbview is:
USBView is a small GTK+ application to show what the device tree of the USB bus looks like. It shows a graphical representation of the devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on the bus.
There are three methods to install usbview
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 usbview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbview
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbview
Install usbview Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbview
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbview
Install usbview 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 usbview
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbview
How To Uninstall usbview on Debian 12
To uninstall only the usbview
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbview
Uninstall usbview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbview
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbview
Remove usbview Configurations and Data
To remove usbview
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbview
Remove usbview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbview
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbview
Dependencies
usbview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbview
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.