How To Install libipmimonitoring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libipmimonitoring-dev is GNU IPMI - ipmimonitoring development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libipmimonitoring-dev

libipmimonitoring-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 libipmimonitoring.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libipmimonitoring-dev

Install libipmimonitoring-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libipmimonitoring-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libipmimonitoring-dev

Install libipmimonitoring-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 libipmimonitoring-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipmimonitoring-dev

How To Uninstall libipmimonitoring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libipmimonitoring-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipmimonitoring-dev

Uninstall libipmimonitoring-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipmimonitoring-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmimonitoring-dev

Remove libipmimonitoring-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libipmimonitoring-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipmimonitoring-dev

Remove libipmimonitoring-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmimonitoring-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmimonitoring-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.