How To Install librem-ec-acpi-dkms on Debian 12

Learn how to install librem-ec-acpi-dkms on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librem-ec-acpi-dkms is dkms driver sources for EC ACPI in Purism Librem devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librem-ec-acpi-dkms on Debian 12.

What is librem-ec-acpi-dkms

librem-ec-acpi-dkms is:

The driver librem_ec_acpi provides Linux kernel support for the ACPI embedded controller of the following devices:

  • Purism Librem 14 laptop

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is a protocol to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management e.g. putting unused hardware components to sleep, to perform auto configuration e.g. Plug and Play and hot swapping, and to perform status monitoring.

This package provides sources for the librem_ec_acpi kernel module, for use with the Dynamic Kernel Module Support (dkms) framework.

There are three methods to install librem-ec-acpi-dkms 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 librem-ec-acpi-dkms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librem-ec-acpi-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Install librem-ec-acpi-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librem-ec-acpi-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Install librem-ec-acpi-dkms 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 librem-ec-acpi-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librem-ec-acpi-dkms

How To Uninstall librem-ec-acpi-dkms on Debian 12

To uninstall only the librem-ec-acpi-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Uninstall librem-ec-acpi-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librem-ec-acpi-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Remove librem-ec-acpi-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove librem-ec-acpi-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Remove librem-ec-acpi-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librem-ec-acpi-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librem-ec-acpi-dkms

Dependencies

librem-ec-acpi-dkms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librem-ec-acpi-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.