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Package: dmidecode (2.9-1.1)

Dump Desktop Management Interface data

The Desktop Management Interface provides a standardized description of a computer's hardware, including characteristics such as BIOS serial number and hardware connectors. dmidecode provides a dump of the DMI data available from the BIOS. It is used as a back-end tool by other hardware detection programs.

Tags: System Administration: Hardware Support, Hardware Enablement: Hardware Detection, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Data Visualization

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.1) [i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) [amd64]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.2) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

Download dmidecode

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 58.0 kB184 kB [list of files]
i386 54.9 kB168 kB [list of files]
ia64 56.5 kB196 kB [list of files]