How to Install hw-detect software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install hw-detect software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

hw-detect software package provides Detect hardware and load kernel drivers for it, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hw-detect 

hw-detect is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hw-detect package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hw-detect *

You will get with hw-detect package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hw-detect package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section debian-installer udeb packages
Package hw-detect
Version 1.117ubuntu2
Description Detect hardware and load kernel drivers for it
Sub Section Debian-installer


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