How To Install tlp-rdw on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp-rdw on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tlp-rdw
tlp-rdw is:
Radio device wizard is an add-on to TLP. It provides event based switching of:
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WWAN radio devices
- upon network connect/disconnect
- and dock/undock.
There are three methods to install tlp-rdw 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 tlp-rdw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tlp-rdw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tlp-rdw
Install tlp-rdw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tlp-rdw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tlp-rdw
Install tlp-rdw 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 tlp-rdw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tlp-rdw
How To Uninstall tlp-rdw on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tlp-rdw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tlp-rdw
Uninstall tlp-rdw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tlp-rdw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tlp-rdw
Remove tlp-rdw Configurations and Data
To remove tlp-rdw configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tlp-rdw
Remove tlp-rdw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tlp-rdw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tlp-rdw
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp-rdw package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
