How To Install autosuspend on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autosuspend on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is autosuspend
autosuspend is:
A daemon to suspend a system in case of inactivity with the aim to reduce the power consumption. Inactivity is determined by a set of configurable checks. Autosuspend periodically executes these checks, and if none of theme indicated activity, the system is suspended.
Autosuspend does not depend on X11 and desktop environments and is therefore specifically intended for (home) servers. Most available checks address these usage scenarios. Yet, also the X11 idle time can be used as a check to support graphical use cases.
There are three methods to install autosuspend on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autosuspend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autosuspend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autosuspend
Install autosuspend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autosuspend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autosuspend
Install autosuspend 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 autosuspend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autosuspend
How To Uninstall autosuspend on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the autosuspend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autosuspend
Uninstall autosuspend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autosuspend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autosuspend
Remove autosuspend Configurations and Data
To remove autosuspend configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autosuspend
Remove autosuspend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autosuspend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autosuspend
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autosuspend package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
