How To Install powermgmt-base on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base on Kali Linux.

What is powermgmt-base

powermgmt-base is:

This package ships “on_ac_power” which lets you determine whether the system is powered from battery or an abundant supply. It’s recommended to use this tool over a simple sysfs check, ConditionACPower or other ad-hoc methods which notoriously fail to account for unobvious quirks, both old and new.

There are three methods to install powermgmt-base on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install powermgmt-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install powermgmt-base

Install powermgmt-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install powermgmt-base

Install powermgmt-base Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install powermgmt-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install powermgmt-base

How To Uninstall powermgmt-base on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the powermgmt-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove powermgmt-base

Uninstall powermgmt-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall powermgmt-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove powermgmt-base

Remove powermgmt-base Configurations and Data

To remove powermgmt-base configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge powermgmt-base

Remove powermgmt-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powermgmt-base

Dependencies

powermgmt-base have the following dependencies:

References

• powermgmt-base website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.