How To Install cpu-x on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 369 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpu-x on Ubuntu.

What is `cpu-x`

cpu-x is:

CPU-X is similar to CPU-Z (for MS Windows). It can be used in graphical mode by using GTK or in text-based mode by using NCurses. A dump mode is present from the command line.

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

Install cpu-x Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpu-x

Install cpu-x Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpu-x

Install cpu-x 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 cpu-x using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpu-x

How To Uninstall cpu-x on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the cpu-x package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cpu-x

Uninstall cpu-x And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpu-x

Remove cpu-x Configurations and Data

To remove cpu-x configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cpu-x

Remove cpu-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpu-x

Dependencies

cpu-x have the following dependencies:

References

cpu-x website

Summary

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