Simple Hardware Info Package

Package Structure

hwinfo-simple/
├── DEBIAN/
│   ├── control
│   └── postinst
└── usr/
    └── bin/
        └── hwinfo-simple

Building the Package

1. Create the directory structure:

mkdir -p hwinfo-simple/DEBIAN
mkdir -p hwinfo-simple/usr/bin

2. Copy the script:

# Copy the hwinfo script to hwinfo-simple/usr/bin/hwinfo-simple
# Make it executable:
chmod +x hwinfo-simple/usr/bin/hwinfo-simple

3. Create DEBIAN/control file:

Package: hwinfo-simple
Version: 1.0-1
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Depends: bash
Maintainer: Your Name <your.email@example.com>
Description: Simple hardware information display tool
 A lightweight command-line utility that displays basic hardware
 information including CPU, memory, storage, and network details.

4. Create DEBIAN/postinst file:

#!/bin/bash
echo "hwinfo-simple installed successfully!"
echo "Run 'hwinfo-simple' to display hardware information."

5. Set permissions:

chmod 755 hwinfo-simple/DEBIAN/postinst
chmod 755 hwinfo-simple/usr/bin/hwinfo-simple

6. Build the package:

dpkg-deb --build hwinfo-simple

This will create hwinfo-simple.deb

7. Install the package:

sudo dpkg -i hwinfo-simple.deb

8. Use the tool:

hwinfo-simple

Uninstall

sudo dpkg -r hwinfo-simple

Features

• Displays CPU information (model, cores)
• Shows memory usage (total/available)
• Lists disk usage for mounted filesystems
• Shows network interfaces and IP addresses
• Displays GPU information (if lspci available)
• Counts USB devices (if lsusb available)
• Works on most Linux distributions
• No external dependencies beyond basic system tools