How To Install libapm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libapm-dev
libapm-dev is:
On laptop computers, the Advanced Power Management (APM) support provides access to battery status information and may help you to conserve battery power, depending on your laptop and the APM implementation.
This package contains a library and header files needed to write programs that interact with the APM driver in the kernel.
There are three methods to install libapm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libapm-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libapm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapm-dev
Install libapm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapm-dev
Install libapm-dev 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 libapm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapm-dev
How To Uninstall libapm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libapm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapm-dev
Uninstall libapm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapm-dev
Remove libapm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libapm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapm-dev
Remove libapm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapm-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapm-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
