How To Install acpi-support on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpi-support on Kali Linux. acpi-support is scripts for handling many ACPI events

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpi-support on Kali Linux.

What is acpi-support

acpi-support is:

This package contains scripts to react to various ACPI events. It only includes scripts for events that can be supported with some level of safety cross platform.

It is able to:

  • Detect loss and gain of AC power, lid closure, and the press of a number of specific buttons (on Asus, IBM, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony and Toshiba laptops).
  • Suspend, hibernate and resume the computer, with workarounds for hardware that needs it.
  • On some laptops, set screen brightness.

Besides some system tools acpi-support recommends vbetool to be able to power off the screen and some screensavers to be able to lock the screen on lid close.

There are three methods to install acpi-support 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 acpi-support Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acpi-support

Install acpi-support Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acpi-support

Install acpi-support 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 acpi-support using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acpi-support

How To Uninstall acpi-support on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the acpi-support package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acpi-support

Uninstall acpi-support And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acpi-support

Remove acpi-support Configurations and Data

To remove acpi-support configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acpi-support

Remove acpi-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acpi-support

Dependencies

acpi-support have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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