How To Install nut-i2c on Debian 12

Learn how to install nut-i2c on Debian 12 with this tutorial. nut-i2c is network UPS tools - I2C driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-i2c on Debian 12.

What is nut-i2c

nut-i2c is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package provides nut-i2c, a collection of drivers for UPS systems with I2C-based communication protocols.

There are three methods to install nut-i2c on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nut-i2c Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nut-i2c using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nut-i2c

Install nut-i2c Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nut-i2c using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nut-i2c

Install nut-i2c 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 nut-i2c using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nut-i2c

How To Uninstall nut-i2c on Debian 12

To uninstall only the nut-i2c package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nut-i2c

Uninstall nut-i2c And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nut-i2c and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nut-i2c

Remove nut-i2c Configurations and Data

To remove nut-i2c configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nut-i2c

Remove nut-i2c configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nut-i2c configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nut-i2c

Dependencies

nut-i2c have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-i2c package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.