How To Install ipmiutil on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmiutil
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ipmiutil
ipmiutil is:
ipmiutil performs a series of common IPMI server management functions to allow administrators to perform management functions without a learning curve. It can gather FRU inventory data, SEL firmware log, sensors, watchdog, power control, health, monitoring, and has an SOL console. It can write sensor thresholds, FRU asset tags, and supports a full IPMI configuration save/restore.
There are three methods to install ipmiutil
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ipmiutil Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ipmiutil
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ipmiutil
Install ipmiutil Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ipmiutil
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ipmiutil
Install ipmiutil Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ipmiutil
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ipmiutil
How To Uninstall ipmiutil on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ipmiutil
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ipmiutil
Uninstall ipmiutil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ipmiutil
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipmiutil
Remove ipmiutil Configurations and Data
To remove ipmiutil
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ipmiutil
Remove ipmiutil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ipmiutil
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipmiutil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmiutil
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.