How To Install libipmidetect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmidetect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libipmidetect-dev
libipmidetect-dev 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 is the development package for libipmidetect.
There are three methods to install libipmidetect-dev 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 libipmidetect-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmidetect-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipmidetect-dev
Install libipmidetect-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmidetect-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipmidetect-dev
Install libipmidetect-dev 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 libipmidetect-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipmidetect-dev
How To Uninstall libipmidetect-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libipmidetect-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipmidetect-dev
Uninstall libipmidetect-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipmidetect-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmidetect-dev
Remove libipmidetect-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libipmidetect-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipmidetect-dev
Remove libipmidetect-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipmidetect-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmidetect-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmidetect-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
