How To Install powermgmt-base on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is powermgmt-base
powermgmt-base is:
This package contains utilities for power management; beside certain mostly obsolete scripts, you’d want this package for “on_ac_power” which lets you determine whether the system is powered from battery or an abundant supply. It’s recommended to use this tool over a simple sysfs check, ConditionACPower or other ad-hoc methods which notoriously fail to account for unobvious quirks, both old and new.
There are three methods to install powermgmt-base 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powermgmt-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
