How To Install acpitool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. acpitool-dbg is command line ACPI client (debug)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is acpitool-dbg

acpitool-dbg is:

AcpiTool is a Linux ACPI client. It’s a small command line application, intended to be a replacement for the apm tool. The primary target audience are laptop users, since these people are most interested in things like battery status, thermal status and the ability to suspend (sleep mode). The program simply accesses the /proc/acpi or /sysfs entries to get or set ACPI values. It also supports various extensions for Toshiba, Asus, and IBM Thinkpad laptops.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install acpitool-dbg 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 acpitool-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acpitool-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acpitool-dbg

Install acpitool-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acpitool-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acpitool-dbg

Install acpitool-dbg 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 acpitool-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acpitool-dbg

How To Uninstall acpitool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the acpitool-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acpitool-dbg

Uninstall acpitool-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acpitool-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acpitool-dbg

Remove acpitool-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove acpitool-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acpitool-dbg

Remove acpitool-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acpitool-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acpitool-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acpitool-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.