Arch Linux

Package Installation

Packages are available in the offical repositories:

  • tlp (Community) – Power saving

  • tlp-pd (Community) – optional – Select profile with a mouse click (Version 1.9 and newer)

  • tlp-rdw (Community) – optional – Radio Device Wizard

Install them either with your favorite package manager or the command:

Version 1.9 and newer

sudo pacman -S tlp tlp-pd tlp-rdw

Version 1.8 and older

sudo pacman -S tlp tlp-rdw

Service Units

To complete the installation you must enable TLP’s service(s):

sudo systemctl enable tlp.service

For version 1.9 and newer with tlp-pd, additionally:

sudo systemctl enable --now tlp-pd.service

Using the Radio Device Wizard (tlp-rdw) requires one more service:

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager-dispatcher.service

You should also mask the following services to avoid conflicts and assure proper operation of TLP’s Radio Device Switching options:

sudo systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service systemd-rfkill.socket

See also

Legacy ThinkPads only: External Kernel Module for Battery Care

Important

Arch Linux (at the time of writing) provides kernel 6.17 (linux) or 6.12 (linux-lts). In combination with TLP 1.5 or newer this enables full battery care support (i.e. charge thresholds and recalibration) for ThinkPads from the Sandy Bridge generation (2011) onwards.

An external kernel module (also referred to as “out-of-tree” module) is not required in this case, and the following steps are not necessary. However, if your model is from the `Sandy Bridge` generation (2011) or older, read on.

Only if the bottom of the output of tlp-stat -b, section ‘Recommendations’, shows the line

Install tp-smapi kernel modules for ThinkPad battery thresholds and recalibration

then install the approriate package

  • tp_smapi (Community) – optional – External kernel module providing battery charge thresholds and recalibration for ThinkPads prior to the Sandy Bridge generation (2011) and specific tlp-stat -b output up to that generation

  • tp_smapi-lts (Community) – optional – Use instead of tp_smapi when the LTS kernel is installed

either with your favorite package manager or the command

pacman -S tp_smapi

Note

  • You must disable Secure Boot to use the ThinkPad specific packages