How to Install and Uninstall acpi-support Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "acpi-support" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install acpi-support on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                acpi-support
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "acpi-support" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall acpi-support on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                acpi-support
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the acpi-support package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: acpi-support
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.143
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Samwel
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 61
Depends: acpid (>= 1.0.4-1ubuntu4)
Recommends: toshset, wireless-tools
Conflicts: uswsusp (<= 0.2)
Filename: pool/main/a/acpi-support/acpi-support_0.143_amd64.deb
Size: 9604
MD5sum: 0d8dca8da43ce17e4d3c4bd082aa5d61
SHA1: 3a6588090c09bca90590fc835b195baeee96d880
SHA256: 818b72ec0ca8922042ce97cdcb4e6a6558f72f3c5c5114a007cf5826dfc2ad0b
SHA512: a35c63bbe7e1ed2da4b5b17c0b222661ce60c9cc9b0e74d115a1ad977845cd109686eb960d86230dadaa6ef48e3565a7ad2d82986d182b4db4569cd8ad5b7331
Description-en: scripts for handling many ACPI events
This package contains scripts to react to various ACPI events. It only
includes scripts for events that can be supported with some level of
safety cross platform.
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It is able to:
* Detect loss and gain of AC power, lid closure, and the press of a
number of specific buttons (on Asus, IBM, Lenovo, Panasonic, Sony
and Toshiba laptops).
* Suspend, hibernate and resume the computer, with workarounds for
hardware that needs it.
* On some laptops, set screen brightness.
Description-md5: 3da3f1fdfeedd4b9182ff4fd508042a7
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop