How To Install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libipmiconsole2
libipmiconsole2 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.
A library for Serial-over-Lan (SOL).
There are three methods to install libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libipmiconsole2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmiconsole2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipmiconsole2
Install libipmiconsole2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmiconsole2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipmiconsole2
Install libipmiconsole2 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 libipmiconsole2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipmiconsole2
How To Uninstall libipmiconsole2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libipmiconsole2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipmiconsole2
Uninstall libipmiconsole2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipmiconsole2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmiconsole2
Remove libipmiconsole2 Configurations and Data
To remove libipmiconsole2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipmiconsole2
Remove libipmiconsole2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipmiconsole2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmiconsole2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmiconsole2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
