How to Install and Uninstall cpufrequtils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "cpufrequtils" package

This is a short guide on how to install cpufrequtils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall cpufrequtils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: cpufrequtils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 234
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Dongili
Architecture: amd64
Version: 008-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcpufreq0 (>= 006), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cpufrequtils/cpufrequtils_008-1_amd64.deb
Size: 39174
MD5sum: 703547fbefe74645e06bafa5faa84e17
SHA1: d37ae8cc9d88e568fea82710b5a637ecfac2fed3
SHA256: 3d6449779658397af411863e659225dc85236a33043aec990f10784b848bcee3
Description-en: utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature
This package contains two utilities for inspecting and setting the
CPU frequency through both the sysfs and procfs CPUFreq kernel
interfaces.
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By default, it also enables CPUFreq at boot time if the correct CPU
driver is found.
Description-md5: 52dad6bb1cd00cd7cfe3ebb7d3ae3f80
Homepage: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu