How To Install rovclock on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rovclock on Debian 9.
What is rovclock
rovclock is:
It is very helpful for underclocking the Radeon chip in order to save power when running on batteries. Also, by underclocking it is possible to prevent the fan from running. It can also be used to gain performance by overclocking.
There are three methods to install rovclock on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rovclock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rovclock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rovclock
Install rovclock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rovclock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rovclock
Install rovclock 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 rovclock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rovclock
How To Uninstall rovclock on Debian 9
To uninstall only the rovclock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rovclock
Uninstall rovclock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rovclock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rovclock
Remove rovclock Configurations and Data
To remove rovclock configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rovclock
Remove rovclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rovclock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rovclock
Dependencies
rovclock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rovclock package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.