How To Install libfwtsacpica1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwtsacpica1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfwtsacpica1
libfwtsacpica1 is:
The firmware test suite requires the ACPICA core engine to be built in execution mode (with ACPI_EXEC_APP enabled) to support run time execution of ACPI Machine Language (AML) in the ACPI DSDT and SSDTs. This library contains this code with a thin fwts specific API to interface with fwts.
There are three methods to install libfwtsacpica1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfwtsacpica1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwtsacpica1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfwtsacpica1
Install libfwtsacpica1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwtsacpica1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfwtsacpica1
Install libfwtsacpica1 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 libfwtsacpica1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfwtsacpica1
How To Uninstall libfwtsacpica1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfwtsacpica1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfwtsacpica1
Uninstall libfwtsacpica1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfwtsacpica1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfwtsacpica1
Remove libfwtsacpica1 Configurations and Data
To remove libfwtsacpica1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfwtsacpica1
Remove libfwtsacpica1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfwtsacpica1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfwtsacpica1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwtsacpica1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
