How To Install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8. OpenIPMI-lanserv is Emulates an IPMI network listener

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `OpenIPMI-lanserv`

This package contains a network IPMI listener.

We can use yum or dnf to install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenIPMI-lanserv.

Install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI-lanserv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenIPMI-lanserv

Install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI-lanserv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenIPMI-lanserv

How To Uninstall OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the OpenIPMI-lanserv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove OpenIPMI-lanserv

OpenIPMI-lanserv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ipmi
/etc/ipmi/ipmisim1.emu
/etc/ipmi/lan.conf
/usr/bin/ipmi_sim
/usr/bin/ipmilan
/usr/bin/sdrcomp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/cdc00d9b3a93d4b13183790d3e7a881952ee4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/826627dd6cc577feaca5b5656e97c8faf032da
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/67933cc85820f908e7571529e0d8410776542e
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/5561766d96dbd0dd4c4368f374c79664a91f6a
/usr/lib64/libIPMIlanserv.so.0
/usr/lib64/libIPMIlanserv.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmi_sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmi_lan.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmi_sim_cmd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipmilan.8.gz
/etc/ipmi
/etc/ipmi/ipmisim1.emu
/etc/ipmi/lan.conf
/usr/bin/ipmi_sim
/usr/bin/ipmilan
/usr/bin/sdrcomp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/67a391f0f8ccabe0d2c6275c70730e09adce83
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/a704e526841b64b526c801e9ad0e1b76e04ffe
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/55f2a69001ba8c40524a13846f6adcc45b5a44
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/a30afb82727bc714aa850cb46d7d2975395454
/usr/lib/libIPMIlanserv.so.0
/usr/lib/libIPMIlanserv.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmi_sim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmi_lan.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmi_sim_cmd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipmilan.8.gz

References

OpenIPMI-lanserv website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-lanserv on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.