How To Install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8. freeipmi-ipmiseld is IPMI SEL syslog logging daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `freeipmi-ipmiseld`

IPMI SEL syslog logging daemon.

We can use yum or dnf to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeipmi-ipmiseld.

Install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install freeipmi-ipmiseld

Install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install freeipmi-ipmiseld

How To Uninstall freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove freeipmi-ipmiseld

freeipmi-ipmiseld Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/freeipmi/ipmiseld.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/f4fb6e631501ada899a5ab44d7c904c1f4eb28
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmiseld.service
/usr/sbin/ipmiseld
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/COPYING.ipmiseld
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/DISCLAIMER.ipmiseld
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmiseld.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipmiseld.8.gz
/var/cache/ipmiseld

References

freeipmi-ipmiseld website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.