How to Install and Uninstall powercap Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: June 18,2024

1. Install "powercap" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install powercap on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                powercap
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "powercap" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall powercap on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                powercap
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the powercap package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package powercap:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : powercap
Version : 0.6.0-1.5
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 142.6 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : powercap-0.6.0-1.5.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/powercap/powercap
Summary : Tools for the Linux Power Capping Framework
Description :
This project provides the powercap library -- a generic C interface to the
Linux power capping framework (sysfs interface). It includes an implementation
for working with Intel Running Average Power Limit (RAPL).
It also provides the following applications:
powercap-info - view powercap control type hierarchies or zone/constraint-specific configurations
powercap-set - set powercap control type zone/constraint-specific configurations