How To Install hardinfo on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hardinfo on Ubuntu 22.04. hardinfo is Displays system information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hardinfo on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is hardinfo

hardinfo is:

HardInfo is a small application that displays information about your hardware and operating system. Currently it knows about PCI, ISA PnP, USB, IDE, SCSI, Serial and parallel port devices.

There are three methods to install hardinfo on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hardinfo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hardinfo

Install hardinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hardinfo

Install hardinfo 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 hardinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hardinfo

How To Uninstall hardinfo on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove hardinfo

Uninstall hardinfo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hardinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hardinfo

Remove hardinfo Configurations and Data

To remove hardinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hardinfo

Remove hardinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hardinfo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hardinfo package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.