How To Install tlp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp on Kali Linux. tlp is Save battery power on laptops

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp on Kali Linux.

What is tlp

tlp is:

TLP is an advanced power management tool for Linux. It comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life. At the same time it is highly customizable to fulfil specific user requirements.

TLP supplies separate settings profiles for AC and battery power and can enable or disable Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WWAN radio devices upon system startup.

For ThinkPads it provides a unified way to configure charging thresholds and recalibrate the battery for all models which support it (via tp-smapi or acpi-call).

TLP is a pure command line tool with automated background tasks, it does not contain a GUI.

There are three methods to install tlp 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 tlp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tlp

Install tlp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tlp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tlp

Install tlp 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 tlp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tlp

How To Uninstall tlp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tlp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tlp

Uninstall tlp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tlp

Remove tlp Configurations and Data

To remove tlp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tlp

Remove tlp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tlp

Dependencies

tlp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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