How To Install powerdebug on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powerdebug on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is powerdebug
powerdebug is:
PowerDebug is a tool to display regulator, sensor and clock information. Data is refreshed every few seconds. There is also dump option to display the information just once.
Tool is mostly useful on non-x86 platforms.
There are three methods to install powerdebug on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install powerdebug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powerdebug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powerdebug
Install powerdebug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powerdebug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powerdebug
Install powerdebug 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 powerdebug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powerdebug
How To Uninstall powerdebug on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the powerdebug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powerdebug
Uninstall powerdebug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powerdebug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powerdebug
Remove powerdebug Configurations and Data
To remove powerdebug configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powerdebug
Remove powerdebug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powerdebug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powerdebug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powerdebug package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
