How To Install freeipmi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi on Debian 9.
What is freeipmi
freeipmi is:
FreeIPMI is a collection of Intelligent Platform Management IPMI system software. It provides in-band and out-of-band software and a development library conforming to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI v1.5 and v2.0) standards.
This metapackage depends on all separate modules of freeipmi.
There are three methods to install freeipmi on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freeipmi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi
Install freeipmi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipmi
Install freeipmi Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi
How To Uninstall freeipmi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the freeipmi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi
Uninstall freeipmi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipmi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi
Remove freeipmi Configurations and Data
To remove freeipmi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi
Remove freeipmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipmi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi
Dependencies
freeipmi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
