How To Install powermgmt-base on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base
on Debian 12.
What is powermgmt-base
powermgmt-base is:
This package ships the following scripts:
- on_ac_power: determine whether the system is powered from battery or an abundant supply
- lspower: list power sources the system knows about, and their status
There are three methods to install powermgmt-base
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install powermgmt-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powermgmt-base
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powermgmt-base
Install powermgmt-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powermgmt-base
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powermgmt-base
Install powermgmt-base 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 powermgmt-base
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powermgmt-base
How To Uninstall powermgmt-base on Debian 12
To uninstall only the powermgmt-base
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powermgmt-base
Uninstall powermgmt-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powermgmt-base
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powermgmt-base
Remove powermgmt-base Configurations and Data
To remove powermgmt-base
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powermgmt-base
Remove powermgmt-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powermgmt-base
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powermgmt-base
Dependencies
powermgmt-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.