How To Install powertop-1.13 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powertop-1.13 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is powertop-1.13
powertop-1.13 is:
PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will (in theory) give a huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods of time during system idle.
However… there are many things that can ruin the party, both inside the kernel and in userspace. PowerTOP combines various sources of information from the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system is doing, and which components are the biggest problem.
There are three methods to install powertop-1.13 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install powertop-1.13 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powertop-1.13 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powertop-1.13
Install powertop-1.13 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powertop-1.13 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powertop-1.13
Install powertop-1.13 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 powertop-1.13 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powertop-1.13
How To Uninstall powertop-1.13 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the powertop-1.13 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powertop-1.13
Uninstall powertop-1.13 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powertop-1.13 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powertop-1.13
Remove powertop-1.13 Configurations and Data
To remove powertop-1.13 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powertop-1.13
Remove powertop-1.13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powertop-1.13 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powertop-1.13
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powertop-1.13 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
