How to Install and Uninstall powertop Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "powertop" package

This tutorial shows how to install powertop on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall powertop on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                powertop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the powertop package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: powertop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.15-1
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kan-Ru Chen (陳侃如)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 568
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpci3 (>= 1:3.5.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: cpufrequtils, laptop-mode-tools
Filename: pool/main/p/powertop/powertop_2.15-1_amd64.deb
Size: 184570
MD5sum: 662208486c87abdb7511128b2341348e
SHA1: ba90da5d1b4bff5aac9f7835388f8d6ea594db12
SHA256: a42c2f3d5eeb6857bac6512c92640d944a703ca940005161486481321181d358
SHA512: de53d4fe2d329d020bdd9df75f477edd125b3341037d00a388f6b1769e834ce4f9f438af52b158ea536fb9148b1394baf07239b447cd36193993d333c35dae8e
Homepage: https://01.org/powertop/
Description: diagnose issues with power consumption and management
Description-md5: c3d78e3af7f012dfbca99d03c1d5651c