How to Install and Uninstall acpica-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "acpica-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install acpica-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "acpica-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall acpica-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                acpica-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the acpica-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: acpica-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2198
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Dongili
Architecture: amd64
Source: acpica-unix
Version: 20160108-2
Replaces: acpidump (<< 20100513-4), iasl (<< 20130214-0.1)
Provides: acpidump, iasl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: acpidump (<< 20100513-4), iasl (<< 20130214-0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/a/acpica-unix/acpica-tools_20160108-2_amd64.deb
Size: 707346
MD5sum: 6ffbd705ceea540bf9dc04fd722d9192
SHA1: 797a543d1836cbfc975832904993d8137540efa1
SHA256: 72131fb7355007f8777194cef3c3130dbb49da526bc2ccaa9203cbe9affd598f
Description-en: ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables
The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an OS-independent
reference implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
Specification (ACPI). ACPICA code contains those portions of ACPI meant to
be directly integrated into the host OS as a kernel-resident subsystem, and
a small set of tools to assist in developing and debugging ACPI tables.
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This package contains only the user-space tools needed for ACPI table
development, not the kernel implementation of ACPI. The following commands
are installed:
-- iasl: compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine
Language), suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system firmware.
It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes.
-- acpibin: performs basic operations on binary AML files (e.g.,
comparison, data extraction)
-- acpidump: write out the current contents of ACPI tables
-- acpiexec: simulate AML execution in order to debug method definitions
-- acpihelp: display help messages describing ASL keywords and op-codes
-- acpinames: display complete ACPI name space from input AML
-- acpisrc: manipulate the ACPICA source tree and format source files
for specific environments
-- acpixtract: extract binary ACPI tables from acpidump output (see
also the pmtools package)
Description-md5: 49928e241f299a9ae2e7d4a00124a5ea
Homepage: http://www.acpica.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu