How To Install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Kali Linux.
What is freeipmi-ipmiseld
freeipmi-ipmiseld 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 package contains ipmiseld which takes the system event log from the BMC and imports it to syslog
There are three methods to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Kali Linux. 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-ipmiseld Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-ipmiseld using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi-ipmiseldInstall freeipmi-ipmiseld Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-ipmiseld using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipmi-ipmiseldInstall freeipmi-ipmiseld Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-ipmiseld using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi-ipmiseldHow To Uninstall freeipmi-ipmiseld on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the freeipmi-ipmiseld package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-ipmiseldUninstall freeipmi-ipmiseld And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipmi-ipmiseld and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi-ipmiseldRemove freeipmi-ipmiseld Configurations and Data
To remove freeipmi-ipmiseld configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi-ipmiseldRemove freeipmi-ipmiseld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipmi-ipmiseld configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi-ipmiseldDependencies
freeipmi-ipmiseld have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
