How To Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog in Fedora 36. freeipmi-bmc-watchdog is IPMI BMC watchdog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36.

What is `freeipmi-bmc-watchdog`

Provides a watchdog daemon for OS monitoring and recovery.

We can use yum or dnf to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog.

Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

How To Uninstall freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

freeipmi-bmc-watchdog Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/bmc-watchdog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/71a6d36a033f980dae2bcc4d7f220b3f6dccf8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bmc-watchdog.service
/usr/sbin/bmc-watchdog
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/COPYING.bmc-watchdog
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/DISCLAIMER.bmc-watchdog
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/DISCLAIMER.bmc-watchdog.UC
/usr/share/man/man8/bmc-watchdog.8.gz

References

freeipmi-bmc-watchdog website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).