How To Install libfreeipmi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeipmi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfreeipmi-dev
libfreeipmi-dev 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 is the development package for libfreeipmi.
Package: libfreeipmi-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.6.4-3ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: freeipmi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8873 Depends: libfreeipmi17 (= 1.6.4-3ubuntu1), freeipmi-common (= 1.6.4-3ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/f/freeipmi/libfreeipmi-dev_1.6.4-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1000300 MD5sum: 6bfc1d9d5965c8e1152c9cabe1d235d5 SHA1: e8297b0b34274c8ad4dbbfa9f965eb304e07e23f SHA256: 10c3e9f8cd5f65b5a707784a1c1b617eca7673224182042ebeb2b03c74ea163f Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ Description-en: GNU IPMI - development package 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 is the development package for libfreeipmi.
There are three methods to install libfreeipmi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfreeipmi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeipmi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreeipmi-dev
Install libfreeipmi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeipmi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreeipmi-dev
Install libfreeipmi-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeipmi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreeipmi-dev
How To Uninstall libfreeipmi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfreeipmi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreeipmi-dev
Uninstall libfreeipmi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreeipmi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeipmi-dev
Remove libfreeipmi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreeipmi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeipmi-dev
Remove libfreeipmi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreeipmi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeipmi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeipmi-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
