How To Install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7. OpenIPMI-modalias is Module aliases for IPMI subsystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7.

What is OpenIPMI-modalias

The OpenIPMI-modalias provides configuration file with module aliases of ACPI and PNP wildcards.

We can use yum or dnf to install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenIPMI-modalias.

Install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI-modalias using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenIPMI-modalias

Install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI-modalias using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenIPMI-modalias

How To Uninstall OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the OpenIPMI-modalias package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove OpenIPMI-modalias

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI-modalias on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.