How To Install libopenhpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenhpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenhpi-dev
libopenhpi-dev is:
OpenHPI is an implementation of the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface specification. (See http://www.saforum.org) As such, OpenHPI facilitates the development of computer manageability applications which are not tied to a single hardware vendor’s products.
This package contains the development libraries and include files needed to build an application program that uses OpenHPI.
There are three methods to install libopenhpi-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 libopenhpi-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 libopenhpi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenhpi-dev
Install libopenhpi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenhpi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenhpi-dev
Install libopenhpi-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 libopenhpi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenhpi-dev
How To Uninstall libopenhpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenhpi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenhpi-dev
Uninstall libopenhpi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenhpi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenhpi-dev
Remove libopenhpi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenhpi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenhpi-dev
Remove libopenhpi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenhpi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenhpi-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenhpi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
