How to Install and Uninstall i8kutils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "i8kutils" package

Please follow the steps below to install i8kutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall i8kutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: i8kutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.43+nmu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vitor Augusto
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), tcl, acpi | acpitool, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/i/i8kutils/i8kutils_1.43+nmu1_amd64.deb
Size: 19136
MD5sum: 09a775814afa1e4698ce2a77184ad735
SHA1: 9f1e4b96030040188c4ebe4d01460697de3bd0cc
SHA256: cf8c4f9148bec80bb8b38e0a710899f058bf63b154b27ee70c34d2b83e37a0e0
SHA512: 51a04a65d97edbbf8e99c08488b7a62c5b8048f53b05c8da3b3e701f75485ef576761219ddf8b415e5932f9be7a9b0a760ff9a7776cf7faee59eec6c9f201825
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