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Quick installation of lshw:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: lshw
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install lshw
Package Details | |
| Package: | lshw |
| Version: | 02.15-2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | information about hardware configuration 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. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | utils |
How to install lshw on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If lshw is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L lshw' will give followin error.
Installing lshw:
After system update use the following command to install lshw:
sudo apt-get install lshw
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove lshw from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the lshw from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the lshw following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove lshw
Following command is used to remove the lshw package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove lshw
This will remove lshw and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing lshw with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge lshw
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove lshw
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with lshw package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
