How to Install hwinfo software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install hwinfo software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

hwinfo software package provides Hardware identification system, 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 hwinfo 

hwinfo is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hwinfo package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hwinfo *

You will get with hwinfo package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hwinfo package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package hwinfo
Version 21.23-1
Description Hardware identification system
Sub Section admin


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