How To Install linux-cpupower on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-cpupower on Debian 9.
What is linux-cpupower
linux-cpupower is:
The cpupower command allows inspection and control of cpufreq and cpuidle tunables for hardware that support these features. It replaces “cpufreq-info” and “cpufreq-set” in cpufrequtils.
The turbostat command reports topology, frequency, idle power-state statistics, temperature and power consumption information as provided by the CPU.
The x86_energy_perf_policy command sets a general policy on some Intel CPU models for the relative importance of performance versus energy savings.
There are three methods to install linux-cpupower on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-cpupower Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-cpupower using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-cpupower
Install linux-cpupower Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-cpupower using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-cpupower
Install linux-cpupower 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 linux-cpupower using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-cpupower
How To Uninstall linux-cpupower on Debian 9
To uninstall only the linux-cpupower package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-cpupower
Uninstall linux-cpupower And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-cpupower and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-cpupower
Remove linux-cpupower Configurations and Data
To remove linux-cpupower configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-cpupower
Remove linux-cpupower configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-cpupower configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-cpupower
Dependencies
linux-cpupower have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-cpupower package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.