How To Install libipmctl5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl5 on Debian 12.
What is libipmctl5
libipmctl5 is:
This package provides an API for the following functionality:
- Discover PMMs on the platform.
- Provision the platform memory configuration.
- View and update the firmware on PMMs.
- Configure data-at-rest security on PMMs.
- Monitor PMM health.
- Track performance of PMMs.
- Debug and troubleshoot PMMs
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libipmctl5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libipmctl5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipmctl5
Install libipmctl5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipmctl5
Install libipmctl5 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipmctl5
How To Uninstall libipmctl5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libipmctl5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipmctl5
Uninstall libipmctl5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipmctl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmctl5
Remove libipmctl5 Configurations and Data
To remove libipmctl5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipmctl5
Remove libipmctl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipmctl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmctl5
Dependencies
libipmctl5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.