How To Install thunderbolt-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbolt-tools on Ubuntu.
What is thunderbolt-tools
thunderbolt-tools is:
Provides components for using Intel Thunderbolt controllers with security level features
There are three methods to install thunderbolt-tools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install thunderbolt-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 thunderbolt-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thunderbolt-tools
Install thunderbolt-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thunderbolt-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thunderbolt-tools
Install thunderbolt-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 thunderbolt-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thunderbolt-tools
How To Uninstall thunderbolt-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the thunderbolt-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thunderbolt-tools
Uninstall thunderbolt-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thunderbolt-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunderbolt-tools
Remove thunderbolt-tools Configurations and Data
To remove thunderbolt-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thunderbolt-tools
Remove thunderbolt-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thunderbolt-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunderbolt-tools
Dependencies
thunderbolt-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbolt-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.