How To Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on Kali Linux. freeipmi-bmc-watchdog is GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - BMC watchdog

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

Install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog

How 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-watchdog

Uninstall 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-watchdog

Remove 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-watchdog

Remove 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-watchdog

Dependencies

freeipmi-bmc-watchdog have the following dependencies:

References

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.