How To Install libipmimonitoring5a on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring5a on Debian 9. libipmimonitoring5a is GNU IPMI - Sensor monitoring library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring5a on Debian 9.

What is libipmimonitoring5a

libipmimonitoring5a 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 sensor monitoring.

There are three methods to install libipmimonitoring5a 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 libipmimonitoring5a Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmimonitoring5a using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libipmimonitoring5a

Install libipmimonitoring5a Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmimonitoring5a using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libipmimonitoring5a

Install libipmimonitoring5a 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 libipmimonitoring5a using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipmimonitoring5a

How To Uninstall libipmimonitoring5a on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libipmimonitoring5a package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipmimonitoring5a

Uninstall libipmimonitoring5a And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipmimonitoring5a and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmimonitoring5a

Remove libipmimonitoring5a Configurations and Data

To remove libipmimonitoring5a configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipmimonitoring5a

Remove libipmimonitoring5a configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libipmimonitoring5a configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmimonitoring5a

Dependencies

libipmimonitoring5a have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring5a package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.