How To Install vbetool on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbetool
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vbetool
vbetool is:
vbetool uses lrmi in order to run code from the video BIOS. Currently, it is able to alter DPMS states, save/restore video card state and attempt to initialize the video card from scratch.
There are three methods to install vbetool
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vbetool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vbetool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vbetool
Install vbetool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vbetool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vbetool
Install vbetool 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 vbetool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vbetool
How To Uninstall vbetool on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vbetool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vbetool
Uninstall vbetool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vbetool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vbetool
Remove vbetool Configurations and Data
To remove vbetool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vbetool
Remove vbetool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vbetool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vbetool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vbetool
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.