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apcupsd package

UPS software for Ubuntu

Asked by Alchazz

I recently purchased two APC uninterruptable power supplies. These provide power to my equipment in the event of a power outage. A CD was provided which allows the computer to control the UPS via an USB port. The disk provides software for Windows computer running 98 through XP as well as for the Mac OS X though 10.4.1. They don't provide anything for Linux. Is there something like this available in the community? The supplies work without the software, but some functionality is lost.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Yes there is and i use: apcupsd - APC UPS Power Management (daemon) http://www.apcupsd.org/

To install:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get apcupsd

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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Alchazz (alchazz2001) said : 		#2

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.