How To Install laptop-mode-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-mode-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is laptop-mode-tools
laptop-mode-tools is:
Laptop mode is a Linux kernel feature that allows your laptop to save considerable power, by allowing the hard drive to spin down for longer periods of time. This package contains the userland scripts that are needed to enable laptop mode.
It includes support for automatically enabling laptop mode when the computer is working on batteries. It also supports various other power management features, such as starting and stopping daemons depending on power mode, automatically hibernating if battery levels are too low, and adjusting terminal blanking and X11 screen blanking
laptop-mode-tools uses the Linux kernel’s Laptop Mode feature and thus is also used on Desktops and Servers to conserve power
There are three methods to install laptop-mode-tools 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 laptop-mode-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install laptop-mode-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install laptop-mode-tools
Install laptop-mode-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install laptop-mode-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install laptop-mode-tools
Install laptop-mode-tools 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 laptop-mode-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install laptop-mode-tools
How To Uninstall laptop-mode-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the laptop-mode-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove laptop-mode-tools
Uninstall laptop-mode-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall laptop-mode-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove laptop-mode-tools
Remove laptop-mode-tools Configurations and Data
To remove laptop-mode-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge laptop-mode-tools
Remove laptop-mode-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove laptop-mode-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge laptop-mode-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install laptop-mode-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
