How to Install powertop software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install powertop software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

powertop software package provides diagnose issues with power consumption and management, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install powertop 

powertop is installed in your system.

Make ensure the powertop package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep powertop *

You will get with powertop package name, version, architecture and description in a table

powertop package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package powertop
Version 2.5-1ubuntu1
Description diagnose issues with power consumption and management
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove powertop software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?