How To Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins 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 xfce4-power-manager-plugins on Ubuntu.

What is `xfce4-power-manager-plugins`

xfce4-power-manager-plugins is:

This power manager for the Xfce desktop enables laptop users to set up a power profile for two different modes “on battery power” and “on ac power” while still allowing desktop users to at least change the DPMS settings and CPU frequency using the settings dialogue..

This package contains the brightness plugin.

There are three methods to install xfce4-power-manager-plugins 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 xfce4-power-manager-plugins Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-power-manager-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-power-manager-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Install xfce4-power-manager-plugins 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 xfce4-power-manager-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-power-manager-plugins

How To Uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xfce4-power-manager-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfce4-power-manager-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfce4-power-manager-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-power-manager-plugins

Dependencies

xfce4-power-manager-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

xfce4-power-manager-plugins website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-power-manager-plugins package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.