How To Install openhpi-plugin-watchdog on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
on Kali Linux.
What is openhpi-plugin-watchdog
openhpi-plugin-watchdog is:
OpenHPI is an implementation of the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface specification. (See http://www.saforum.org) As such, OpenHPI facilitates the development of computer manageability applications which are not tied to a single hardware vendor’s products.
This package contains a plugin module that uses the Linux watchdog API.
There are three methods to install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
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 openhpi-plugin-watchdog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Install openhpi-plugin-watchdog Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Install openhpi-plugin-watchdog 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
How To Uninstall openhpi-plugin-watchdog on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the openhpi-plugin-watchdog
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Uninstall openhpi-plugin-watchdog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openhpi-plugin-watchdog
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Remove openhpi-plugin-watchdog Configurations and Data
To remove openhpi-plugin-watchdog
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Remove openhpi-plugin-watchdog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openhpi-plugin-watchdog
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-plugin-watchdog
Dependencies
openhpi-plugin-watchdog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-watchdog
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.