How To Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-power-manager-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfce4-power-manager-plugins
xfce4-power-manager-plugins is:
This power manager for the Xfce desktop enables laptop users to set up a power profile for two different modes “on battery power” and “on ac power” while still allowing desktop users to at least change the DPMS settings and CPU frequency using the settings dialogue..
This package contains the brightness plugin.
There are three methods to install xfce4-power-manager-plugins 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 xfce4-power-manager-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-power-manager-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins
Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-power-manager-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins
Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins 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 xfce4-power-manager-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins
How To Uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfce4-power-manager-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins
Uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-power-manager-plugins
Remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-power-manager-plugins
Remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-power-manager-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-power-manager-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
