How To Install laptop-detect on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-detect on Debian 10.

What is laptop-detect

laptop-detect is:

This package provides a simple shell script which attempts to determine whether it is being run on a laptop (or similar portable machine). It is mainly useful for installers.

There are three methods to install laptop-detect on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install laptop-detect Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install laptop-detect

Install laptop-detect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install laptop-detect

Install laptop-detect 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 laptop-detect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install laptop-detect

How To Uninstall laptop-detect on Debian 10

To uninstall only the laptop-detect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove laptop-detect

Uninstall laptop-detect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall laptop-detect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove laptop-detect

Remove laptop-detect Configurations and Data

To remove laptop-detect configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge laptop-detect

Remove laptop-detect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge laptop-detect

Dependencies

laptop-detect have the following dependencies:

References

• laptop-detect website
• laptop-detect on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-detect package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.