How To Install laptop-mode-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install laptop-mode-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. laptop-mode-tools is Tools for Power Savings based on battery/AC status

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-mode-tools on Debian 10.

What is laptop-mode-tools

laptop-mode-tools is:

Laptop mode is a Linux kernel feature that allows your laptop to save considerable power, by allowing the hard drive to spin down for longer periods of time. This package contains the userland scripts that are needed to enable laptop mode.

It includes support for automatically enabling laptop mode when the computer is working on batteries. It also supports various other power management features, such as starting and stopping daemons depending on power mode, automatically hibernating if battery levels are too low, and adjusting terminal blanking and X11 screen blanking

laptop-mode-tools uses the Linux kernel’s Laptop Mode feature and thus is also used on Desktops and Servers to conserve power

There are three methods to install laptop-mode-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install laptop-mode-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install laptop-mode-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install laptop-mode-tools

Install laptop-mode-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install laptop-mode-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install laptop-mode-tools

Install laptop-mode-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install laptop-mode-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install laptop-mode-tools

How To Uninstall laptop-mode-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the laptop-mode-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove laptop-mode-tools

Uninstall laptop-mode-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall laptop-mode-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove laptop-mode-tools

Remove laptop-mode-tools Configurations and Data

To remove laptop-mode-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge laptop-mode-tools

Remove laptop-mode-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove laptop-mode-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge laptop-mode-tools

Dependencies

laptop-mode-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-mode-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.