How to Install and Uninstall i8kutils Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "i8kutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install i8kutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                i8kutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "i8kutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall i8kutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                i8kutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i8kutils package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: i8kutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.43
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vitor Augusto
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 63
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), tcl, acpi | acpitool, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/i/i8kutils/i8kutils_1.43_amd64.deb
Size: 19012
MD5sum: 42ce8880a655e2b996f91f0486d3980d
SHA1: ae1c00e3368a87a47176aed3b1b388de2c34eac1
SHA256: af669ef1ed307e418718cc7ac7ecdb96ff8911828953b6dd70adab1120e95acd
SHA512: ae61d16f18e79110b4d3ce590bf270a8f0f33d10d5ac4b12e3bc491174a422018a2d6f3acf602393ba28498d26fc1bd775e916ccf76b7e29b83aeeee56119804
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/i8kutils
Description-en: Fan control for Dell laptops
This is a collection of utilities to control Dell laptops fans. It includes
programs to turn the fans on and off, to read fans status, CPU temperature,
BIOS version.
Description-md5: ae6fdc83cb064ebfc99b06d7d3165e4c