How To Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Kali Linux.
What is freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 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.
This package contains a watchdog daemon for hardware BMC watchdogs.
There are three methods to install freeipmi-bmc-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 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdogInstall freeipmi-bmc-watchdog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdogInstall freeipmi-bmc-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdogHow To Uninstall freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdogUninstall freeipmi-bmc-watchdog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipmi-bmc-watchdog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi-bmc-watchdogRemove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog Configurations and Data
To remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi-bmc-watchdogRemove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi-bmc-watchdogDependencies
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.