How To Install olpc-powerd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install olpc-powerd on Kali Linux.

What is olpc-powerd

olpc-powerd is:

The powerd daemon can function as an easily customizable replacement for ohmd (independent of X, dbus, and hald). This package provides the powerd and olpc-switchd daemons, and related utilities. The olpc-switchd daemon simply provides notifications about lid and switch events. The powerd daemon controls display dimming, automatically putting an XO to sleep after a period of idleness, etc.

There are three methods to install olpc-powerd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install olpc-powerd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install olpc-powerd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install olpc-powerd

Install olpc-powerd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install olpc-powerd

Install olpc-powerd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install olpc-powerd

How To Uninstall olpc-powerd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the olpc-powerd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove olpc-powerd

Uninstall olpc-powerd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall olpc-powerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove olpc-powerd

Remove olpc-powerd Configurations and Data

To remove olpc-powerd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge olpc-powerd

Remove olpc-powerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge olpc-powerd

Dependencies

olpc-powerd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• ethtool

References

• olpc-powerd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install olpc-powerd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.