How To Install tlp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp
on Kali Linux.
What is tlp
tlp is:
TLP is an advanced power management tool for Linux. It comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life. At the same time it is highly customizable to fulfil specific user requirements.
TLP supplies separate settings profiles for AC and battery power and can enable or disable Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WWAN radio devices upon system startup.
For ThinkPads it provides a unified way to configure charging thresholds and recalibrate the battery for all models which support it (via tp-smapi or acpi-call).
TLP is a pure command line tool with automated background tasks, it does not contain a GUI.
There are three methods to install tlp
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tlp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tlp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install tlp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tlp
using apt
by running the following command:
Install tlp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tlp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall tlp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tlp
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall tlp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tlp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove tlp Configurations and Data
To remove tlp
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove tlp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tlp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
tlp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.