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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "powerd" package

This tutorial shows how to install powerd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall powerd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: powerd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 334
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.16+16.04.20160204.1-0ubuntu1
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libandroid-properties1, libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libhardware2, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libubuntu-application-api3 (>= 0.18.2+13.10.20130708), libubuntu-platform-hardware-api3 (>= 1.2.0+14.10.20140522.1), libupower-glib3 (>= 0.99.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), upower
Recommends: ofono
Filename: pool/universe/p/powerd/powerd_0.16+16.04.20160204.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 70500
MD5sum: db0bd26cb4f9a9dbfeca8129d425c86b
SHA1: 1220ce989407e98c5288e26f103be1d82d2dffd8
SHA256: 5dba70371caf1e1459348b3c366adde19a94bd200e97271b52b6206759c7d6e6
Description-en: Power daemon to monitor and control system power state
This daemon monitors and controls system power states for Ubuntu
phone and tablet. It provides a dbus interface for system services to request
a power state, essentially allowing services to block suspend.
Description-md5: 2129267e3534675ab9735b2720cacb23
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/powerd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch