checking battery cycles in Linux

Via https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=144301 

apt install tlp

and suggested packages

sudo apt install tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms smartmontools linux-tools-generic

sudo tlp-stat --battery

--- TLP 1.3.1 --------------------------------------------

+++ Battery Features: Charge Thresholds and Recalibrate

natacpi    = inactive (no kernel support)

tpacpi-bat = inactive (laptop not supported)

tp-smapi   = inactive (laptop not supported)

+++ Battery Status

No battery data available.

and via https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=169560

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0

  native-path:          (null)

  power supply:         no

  updated:              Thursday 01 January 1970 05:30:00 AM (1653903861 seconds ago)

  has history:          no

  has statistics:       no

  unknown

    warning-level:       unknown

    battery-level:       unknown

    icon-name:          '(null)'