How To Install wmacpi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmacpi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmacpi
wmacpi is:
This is a battery monitor that uses ACPI to query the battery status. This version should work with all recent kernels (vanilla > 2.4.21), both 2.4.x and 2.6.x.
There are three methods to install wmacpi 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 wmacpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmacpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmacpi
Install wmacpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmacpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmacpi
Install wmacpi 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 wmacpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmacpi
How To Uninstall wmacpi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmacpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmacpi
Uninstall wmacpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmacpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmacpi
Remove wmacpi Configurations and Data
To remove wmacpi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmacpi
Remove wmacpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmacpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmacpi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmacpi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
