How To Install powerwake-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powerwake-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is powerwake-common
powerwake-common is:
This package contains the common library files required as a runtime dependency of powerwake-server.
There are three methods to install powerwake-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install powerwake-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powerwake-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powerwake-common
Install powerwake-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powerwake-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powerwake-common
Install powerwake-common 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 powerwake-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powerwake-common
How To Uninstall powerwake-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the powerwake-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powerwake-common
Uninstall powerwake-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powerwake-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powerwake-common
Remove powerwake-common Configurations and Data
To remove powerwake-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powerwake-common
Remove powerwake-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powerwake-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powerwake-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powerwake-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
