How To Install kacpimon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kacpimon on Debian 9.
What is kacpimon
kacpimon 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.
kacpimon is a small tool that monitors kernel ACPI and keyboard events from multiple interfaces and reports them to the console.
There are three methods to install kacpimon 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 kacpimon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kacpimon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kacpimon
Install kacpimon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kacpimon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kacpimon
Install kacpimon 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 kacpimon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kacpimon
How To Uninstall kacpimon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kacpimon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kacpimon
Uninstall kacpimon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kacpimon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kacpimon
Remove kacpimon Configurations and Data
To remove kacpimon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kacpimon
Remove kacpimon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kacpimon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kacpimon
Dependencies
kacpimon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kacpimon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.