How To Install tp-smapi-dkms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tp-smapi-dkms
on Debian 9.
What is tp-smapi-dkms
tp-smapi-dkms is:
The tp_smapi kernel module exposes some features of the ThinkPad hardware/firmware via a sysfs interface. Currently, the main implemented functionality is control of battery charging and extended battery status. The underlying hardware interfaces are SMAPI and direct access to the embedded controller.
This package also brings the source for an improved version of HDAPS which should work on newer ThinkPads too (the stock kernel version does not).
This package contains the source to be built with dkms.
There are three methods to install tp-smapi-dkms
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tp-smapi-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tp-smapi-dkms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tp-smapi-dkms
Install tp-smapi-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tp-smapi-dkms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tp-smapi-dkms
Install tp-smapi-dkms 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 tp-smapi-dkms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tp-smapi-dkms
How To Uninstall tp-smapi-dkms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tp-smapi-dkms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tp-smapi-dkms
Uninstall tp-smapi-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tp-smapi-dkms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tp-smapi-dkms
Remove tp-smapi-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove tp-smapi-dkms
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tp-smapi-dkms
Remove tp-smapi-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tp-smapi-dkms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tp-smapi-dkms
Dependencies
tp-smapi-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tp-smapi-dkms
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.