How To Install libcpupower-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcpupower-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcpupower-dev is CPU frequency and voltage scaling tools for Linux (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpupower-dev on Debian 10.

What is libcpupower-dev

libcpupower-dev is:

This package contains the ‘power/cpupower’ headers and library shared objects.

There are three methods to install libcpupower-dev 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 libcpupower-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 libcpupower-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcpupower-dev

Install libcpupower-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcpupower-dev

Install libcpupower-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpupower-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpupower-dev

How To Uninstall libcpupower-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcpupower-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcpupower-dev

Uninstall libcpupower-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpupower-dev

Remove libcpupower-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpupower-dev

Remove libcpupower-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpupower-dev

Dependencies

libcpupower-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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