Fix Laptop overheating Problem in Ubuntu with Jupiter

Laptop overheating is not a new issue. Specially after Ubuntu 11 series, the number of complaints against overheating and battery drainage has increased exponentially.

One superb and simple way to deal this issue is to use Jupiter. Jupiter is a light weight power and hardware control applet for Linux.  It is designed to improve battery life of a portable Linux computer by integrating with the operating system and changing parameters of the computer based on battery or powered connection.

It helps in controlling the heating to a certain extent and thus it also helps in improving battery life.

To install Jupiter in Ubuntu and Linux Mint or any other Debian based Linux distribution, issue the following commands in terminal.

• $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter 

• $ sudo apt-get update 

• $ sudo apt-get install jupiter

After installing Jupiter, choose Power Saving mode from the options in Performance.

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Solution for APT Error: "E: The package NAMA needs to be reinstalled, but I can’t find an archive for it"

Few days ago, I re-installed VLC which was removed accidentally. Suddenly, my laptop turned off because of my battery, so VLC was not installed correctly and caused a problem when running APT command with error message: "E: The package vlc needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.".

I have never encountered this error message before. Well, I copied the error message to Google search and fortunately, Google gave me everything including the solution for this error message.

And here is the solution:

• sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq NAME

Well, I didn't forget to change NAME with the problematic package in this case, vlc. So, the command should look like this:

• sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq vlc

Once, VLC completely removed, type this command to install VLC again:

• sudo apt-get install vlc

If everything does well, APT can now be used as usual.

Good luck!

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