How To Install acpitool on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool on Debian 11. acpitool is command line ACPI client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool on Debian 11.

What is acpitool

acpitool is:

AcpiTool is a Linux ACPI client. It’s a small command line application, intended to be a replacement for the apm tool. The primary target audience are laptop users, since these people are most interested in things like battery status, thermal status and the ability to suspend (sleep mode). The program simply accesses the /proc/acpi or /sysfs entries to get or set ACPI values. It also supports various extensions for Toshiba, Asus, and IBM Thinkpad laptops.

There are three methods to install acpitool on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acpitool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acpitool

Install acpitool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acpitool

Install acpitool 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 acpitool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acpitool

How To Uninstall acpitool on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove acpitool

Uninstall acpitool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acpitool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acpitool

Remove acpitool Configurations and Data

To remove acpitool configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acpitool

Remove acpitool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acpitool

Dependencies

acpitool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.