How To Install Power Commands 0.1.7 On Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Atareao team has created an app called Power Commands, that enables the users to easily turn off, reboot, suspend, hibernate, log out and block, via the Unity Dash. The latest version available is Power Commands 0.1.7, which has been recently released.

In this article I will show you how to install Power Commands 0.1.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.

Because it is available via PPA, installing Power Commands 0.1.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the power-commands package. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install power-commands

Optional, to remove power-commands, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove power-commands