How To Install olpc-powerd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install olpc-powerd on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 olpc-powerd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install olpc-powerd
How To Uninstall olpc-powerd on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install olpc-powerd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
