How To Install libipmimonitoring6 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring6 on Ubuntu 20.04. libipmimonitoring6 is GNU IPMI - Sensor monitoring library GNU IPMI - Sensor monitoring library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring6 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libipmimonitoring6

libipmimonitoring6 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.

Package: libipmimonitoring6 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: 161 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfreeipmi17 (>= 1.4.4), freeipmi-common (= 1.6.4-3ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/f/freeipmi/libipmimonitoring6_1.6.4-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 45388 MD5sum: acb8b5612457af6d0e93296ab8bbd2f6 SHA1: 4a40a84854b3852fa97fb231bc24f386fe7a2a0a SHA256: 6ac71a9762849cc89fc4eb69a990237bb3ffec38d21ca5da2cc0b8ad76d4177e Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ Description-en: GNU IPMI - Sensor monitoring 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 sensor monitoring.

There are three methods to install libipmimonitoring6 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 libipmimonitoring6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmimonitoring6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libipmimonitoring6

Install libipmimonitoring6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmimonitoring6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libipmimonitoring6

Install libipmimonitoring6 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 libipmimonitoring6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipmimonitoring6

How To Uninstall libipmimonitoring6 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libipmimonitoring6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipmimonitoring6

Uninstall libipmimonitoring6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipmimonitoring6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmimonitoring6

Remove libipmimonitoring6 Configurations and Data

To remove libipmimonitoring6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipmimonitoring6

Remove libipmimonitoring6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libipmimonitoring6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmimonitoring6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.