Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install battery-stats on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is battery-stats
battery-stats is:
This package provides battery-stats-collector, a daemon which will periodically
collect statistics about the charge of the batteries present.
It also provides a binary called battery-graph, which can be used to generate
qplot graphs about the battery charge/discharge patterns over time.
Note: This requires APM or ACPI to be enabled and working in your kernel.
There are three methods to install battery-stats 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 battery-stats Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install battery-stats using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install battery-stats
Install battery-stats Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install battery-stats using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install battery-stats
Install battery-stats 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 battery-stats using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install battery-stats
How To Uninstall battery-stats on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the battery-stats package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove battery-stats
Uninstall battery-stats And Its Dependencies
To uninstall battery-stats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove battery-stats
Remove battery-stats Configurations and Data
To remove battery-stats configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge battery-stats
Remove battery-stats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove battery-stats configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge battery-stats
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install battery-stats package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
