How To Install radeontool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install radeontool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is radeontool
radeontool is:
Radeontool is a small utility to control ATI Radeon based laptops’ backlight and external output functions. It is also able to dump the contents of registers for debugging purposes.
WARNING: Radeontool code has not been completely audited and may contain bugs that could damage your hardware. Use at your own risk.
There are three methods to install radeontool 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 radeontool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install radeontool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install radeontool
Install radeontool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install radeontool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install radeontool
Install radeontool 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 radeontool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install radeontool
How To Uninstall radeontool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the radeontool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove radeontool
Uninstall radeontool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall radeontool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove radeontool
Remove radeontool Configurations and Data
To remove radeontool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge radeontool
Remove radeontool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove radeontool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radeontool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install radeontool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
