Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acpi-support on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is acpi-support
acpi-support is:
This package contains scripts to react to various ACPI events. It only
includes scripts for events that can be supported with some level of
safety cross platform.
It is able to:
- Detect loss and gain of AC power, lid closure, and the press of a
number of specific buttons (on Asus, IBM, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony
and Toshiba laptops). - Suspend, hibernate and resume the computer, with workarounds for
hardware that needs it. - On some laptops, set screen brightness.
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install acpi-support 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 acpi-support Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install acpi-support using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install acpi-support
Install acpi-support Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install acpi-support using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install acpi-support
Install acpi-support 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 acpi-support using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install acpi-support
How To Uninstall acpi-support on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the acpi-support package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove acpi-support
Uninstall acpi-support And Its Dependencies
To uninstall acpi-support and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove acpi-support
Remove acpi-support Configurations and Data
To remove acpi-support configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge acpi-support
Remove acpi-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove acpi-support configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acpi-support
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acpi-support package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
