How To Install yacpi 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 yacpi on Ubuntu.
What is yacpi
yacpi is:
yacpi (yet another configuration and power interface) is an ncurses based ACPI monitoring program for notebooks. There is also a text-only output so it is possible to include it in scripts. It displays various ACPI information like battery status, temperature, charging circuits and AC status. Additionally it displays CPU governor and current frequency.
There are three methods to install yacpi 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 yacpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yacpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yacpi
Install yacpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yacpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yacpi
Install yacpi 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 yacpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yacpi
How To Uninstall yacpi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yacpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yacpi
Uninstall yacpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yacpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yacpi
Remove yacpi Configurations and Data
To remove yacpi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yacpi
Remove yacpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yacpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yacpi
Dependencies
yacpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yacpi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.