How To Install dmidecode on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 434 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode on Ubuntu.
What is dmidecode
dmidecode is:
Dmidecode reports information about the system’s hardware as described in the system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.
This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).
Beware that DMI data have proven to be too unreliable to be blindly trusted. Dmidecode does not scan the hardware, it only reports what the BIOS told it to.
There are three methods to install dmidecode 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 dmidecode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dmidecode
Install dmidecode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dmidecode
Install dmidecode 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 dmidecode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dmidecode
How To Uninstall dmidecode on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dmidecode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dmidecode
Uninstall dmidecode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dmidecode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dmidecode
Remove dmidecode Configurations and Data
To remove dmidecode configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dmidecode
Remove dmidecode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dmidecode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dmidecode
Dependencies
dmidecode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.