How To Install freeipmi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi on Kali Linux.

What is freeipmi

freeipmi 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 metapackage depends on all separate modules of freeipmi.

There are three methods to install freeipmi 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi

Install freeipmi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeipmi

Install freeipmi 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi

How To Uninstall freeipmi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freeipmi

Uninstall freeipmi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeipmi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi

Remove freeipmi Configurations and Data

To remove freeipmi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi

Remove freeipmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeipmi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi

Dependencies

freeipmi have the following dependencies:

• freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
• freeipmi-common
• freeipmi-ipmidetect
• freeipmi-tools

References

• freeipmi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.