How To Install leds-alix-source on Debian 12

Learn how to install leds-alix-source on Debian 12 with this tutorial. leds-alix-source is Source for the LEDs driver of PCEngines ALIX 2/3 boards

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install leds-alix-source on Debian 12.

What is leds-alix-source

leds-alix-source is:

This package provides the source code for the leds-alix kernel module.

PCEngines ALIX boards (version 2/3) have three LEDs on front.

This driver allow you to power them on/off.

There are three methods to install leds-alix-source on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install leds-alix-source Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install leds-alix-source

Install leds-alix-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install leds-alix-source using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install leds-alix-source

Install leds-alix-source 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 leds-alix-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install leds-alix-source

How To Uninstall leds-alix-source on Debian 12

To uninstall only the leds-alix-source package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove leds-alix-source

Uninstall leds-alix-source And Its Dependencies

To uninstall leds-alix-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove leds-alix-source

Remove leds-alix-source Configurations and Data

To remove leds-alix-source configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge leds-alix-source

Remove leds-alix-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove leds-alix-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge leds-alix-source

Dependencies

leds-alix-source have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install leds-alix-source package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.