We already have shown different [applications][1] and ways to find the system and hardware information on Linux. In that series, today we will see how to find such details using **inxi**. It can be used for forum technical support, as a debugging tool, to quickly ascertain user system configuration and hardware.
**Inxi** is a command line tool that can be used to find the complete system and hardware details such as;
- Hardware,
- CPU,
- Drivers,
- Xorg,
- Desktop,
- Kernel,
- GCC version,
- Processes,
- RAM usage,
- and other useful information.
### Installation ###
Inxi is available in the default repositories of most modern GNU/Linux operating systems. So, we can simply install it by running the following commands.
**On Debian based system:**
sudo apt-get install inxi
**On Fedora:**
sudo yum install inxi
**On RHEL based systems:**
Install EPEL repository:
sudo yum install epel-release
Then, install inxi using command:
sudo yum install inxi
### Usage ###
To find the quick view of the system information, run the following command from Terminal.
inxi
**Sample output:**
CPU~Dual core Intel Core i3-2350M CPU (-HT-MCP-) clocked at Min:800.000Mhz Max:1200.000Mhz Kernel~3.13.0-45-generic x86_64 Up~6:41 Mem~1537.7/3861.3MB HDD~500.1GB(52.5% used) Procs~183 Client~Shell inxi~1.9.17
Ofcourse, we can retrieve a particular hardware details. For example to retrieve the **Audio/Sound hardware details**, run the following command:
inxi -A
**Sample output:**
Audio: Card: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-45-generic
Cool, isn’t it?
Likewise, you can retrieve the details of **Graphic card** information.
As you see in the above, inxi displays the complete hardware details.
For more details, refer the man pages.
man inxi
### Conclusion ###
Are you searching for a simple tool which displays your complete system and hardware details? Then, don’t look anywhere, inxi will give you what actually want. And, it is light weight tool available in your default repositories. What else you want more? Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed.
