How To Install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8.
What is freeipmi
The FreeIPMI project provides “Remote-Console” (out-of-band) and “System Management Software” (in-band) based on Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification.
We can use yum or dnf to install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeipmi.
Install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install freeipmi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freeipmi
Install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install freeipmi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freeipmi
How To Uninstall freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the freeipmi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freeipmi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
