How To Install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 20.04. libipmiconsole2 is GNU IPMI - Serial-over-Lan library GNU IPMI - Serial-over-Lan library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libipmiconsole2

libipmiconsole2 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.

A library for Serial-over-Lan (SOL).

Package: libipmiconsole2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.6.4-3ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: libs Source: freeipmi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 285 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libfreeipmi17 (>= 1.4.4), freeipmi-common (= 1.6.4-3ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/f/freeipmi/libipmiconsole2_1.6.4-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 86892 MD5sum: cfd600dde451e753b42faa95df9c0cbb SHA1: 0e33bf19d2f17d63d819468c89f87b99e8ef59c7 SHA256: c1215d7cd383b8d1829800c5d984bb80339b85d1d6d9c47c9467ee6496af0e70 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ Description-en: GNU IPMI - Serial-over-Lan library 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.

A library for Serial-over-Lan (SOL).

There are three methods to install libipmiconsole2 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 libipmiconsole2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmiconsole2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libipmiconsole2

Install libipmiconsole2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmiconsole2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libipmiconsole2

Install libipmiconsole2 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 libipmiconsole2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipmiconsole2

How To Uninstall libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libipmiconsole2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipmiconsole2

Uninstall libipmiconsole2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipmiconsole2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmiconsole2

Remove libipmiconsole2 Configurations and Data

To remove libipmiconsole2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipmiconsole2

Remove libipmiconsole2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libipmiconsole2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmiconsole2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmiconsole2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.