How To Install acpid on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpid on Kali Linux. acpid is Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon

Introduction

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

What is acpid

acpid is:

Modern computers support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) to allow intelligent power management on your system and to query battery and configuration status.

ACPID is a completely flexible, totally extensible daemon for delivering ACPI events. It listens on netlink interface (or on the deprecated file /proc/acpi/event), and when an event occurs, executes programs to handle the event. The programs it executes are configured through a set of configuration files, which can be dropped into place by packages or by the admin.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acpid

Install acpid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acpid

Install acpid 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 acpid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acpid

How To Uninstall acpid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove acpid

Uninstall acpid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acpid

Remove acpid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge acpid

Remove acpid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acpid

Dependencies

acpid have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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