<p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerTOP">Powertop</a>  is a tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management to help set power saving settings.</p>
<h3 id="installation">Installation</h3>
<h4 id="arch-linux-">Arch Linux:</h4>
<pre><code><span class="hljs-attribute">sudo</span> pacman -S powertop
</code></pre><h4 id="debian-based-ubuntu-mint-raspbian-etc-">Debian based (Ubuntu, Mint, Raspbian ..etc):</h4>
<pre><code>add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
apt-get <span class="hljs-keyword">update</span>
apt-<span class="hljs-keyword">get</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">install</span> powertop -y
</code></pre><p>PowerTOP has been installed, you can use the following command to know more about it.</p>
<pre><code><span class="hljs-attribute">powertop</span> --help
</code></pre><h3 id="profile-battery-usages">Profile battery usages</h3>
<p>Following command will generate the HTML file called powerreport.html Open the report in your favorite web browser.</p>
<pre><code><span class="hljs-attribute">sudo</span> powertop --html=powerreport.html
</code></pre><p><code>powerreport.html</code> file will be stored on DIR where you are running this command.</p>
<p><img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1556126934031/gYALxkPr_.png" alt="result.png"></p>
<h3 id="tuning">Tuning</h3>
<pre><code><span class="hljs-attribute">sudo</span> powertop
</code></pre><p>The <strong>Tuning</strong> tab of the report shows the actual parameters suggested by the tool to apply to save power</p>
<p>For more information:   <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop</a> </p>


 [Powertop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerTOP)  is a tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management to help set power saving settings.

### Installation
#### Arch Linux:

```
sudo pacman -S powertop
```

#### Debian based (Ubuntu, Mint, Raspbian ..etc):

```
add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get install powertop -y
```

PowerTOP has been installed, you can use the following command to know more about it.

```
powertop --help
```

### Profile battery usages
Following command will generate the HTML file called powerreport.html Open the report in your favorite web browser.

```
sudo powertop --html=powerreport.html
```

`powerreport.html` file will be stored on DIR where you are running this command.


![result.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1556126934031/gYALxkPr_.png)

### Tuning

```
sudo powertop
```

The **Tuning** tab of the report shows the actual parameters suggested by the tool to apply to save power

For more information:   [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/powertop) 


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Installation

Arch Linux:

Debian based (Ubuntu, Mint, Raspbian ..etc):

Profile battery usages

Tuning