How To Install laptop-detect on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-detect
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install laptop-detect
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-detect
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.