How To Install pm-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pm-utils
on Debian 9.
What is pm-utils
pm-utils is:
This package provides simple shell command line tools to suspend and hibernate your computer.
There are three methods to install pm-utils
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 pm-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pm-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pm-utils
Install pm-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pm-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pm-utils
Install pm-utils 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 pm-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pm-utils
How To Uninstall pm-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pm-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pm-utils
Uninstall pm-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pm-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pm-utils
Remove pm-utils Configurations and Data
To remove pm-utils
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pm-utils
Remove pm-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pm-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pm-utils
Dependencies
pm-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pm-utils
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.