How To Install repowerd-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install repowerd-tools on Debian 12.
What is repowerd-tools
repowerd-tools is:
This daemon monitors and controls system power states for the Lomiri Operating Environment. It provides a D-Bus interface for system services to request a power state, essentially allowing services to block suspend.
This package contains tools that use the repowerd infrastructure to interact with various hardware components. These tools are mainly useful for manual integration testing.
There are three methods to install repowerd-tools 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 repowerd-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install repowerd-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install repowerd-tools
Install repowerd-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install repowerd-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install repowerd-tools
Install repowerd-tools 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 repowerd-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install repowerd-tools
How To Uninstall repowerd-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the repowerd-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove repowerd-tools
Uninstall repowerd-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall repowerd-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove repowerd-tools
Remove repowerd-tools Configurations and Data
To remove repowerd-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge repowerd-tools
Remove repowerd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove repowerd-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge repowerd-tools
Dependencies
repowerd-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install repowerd-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
