How To Install powerdevil-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerdevil-data on Ubuntu 18.04. powerdevil-data is Global power saver settings data files.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerdevil-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is powerdevil-data

powerdevil-data is:

Power Devil allows you to define your all power settings.

There are three methods to install powerdevil-data 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 powerdevil-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install powerdevil-data

Install powerdevil-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install powerdevil-data

Install powerdevil-data 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 powerdevil-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install powerdevil-data

How To Uninstall powerdevil-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the powerdevil-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove powerdevil-data

Uninstall powerdevil-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall powerdevil-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove powerdevil-data

Remove powerdevil-data Configurations and Data

To remove powerdevil-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge powerdevil-data

Remove powerdevil-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powerdevil-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerdevil-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.