How To Install nut-ipmi on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-ipmi
on Debian 11.
What is nut-ipmi
nut-ipmi is:
Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.
This package currently provides nut-ipmipsu, a driver which allows the user to monitor IPMI power supply units (PSU) found in servers of popular brands, such as Dell, HP, IBM. It adds an IPMI interface to the core NUT system.
There are three methods to install nut-ipmi
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nut-ipmi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nut-ipmi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nut-ipmi
Install nut-ipmi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nut-ipmi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nut-ipmi
Install nut-ipmi 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 nut-ipmi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nut-ipmi
How To Uninstall nut-ipmi on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nut-ipmi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nut-ipmi
Uninstall nut-ipmi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nut-ipmi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nut-ipmi
Remove nut-ipmi Configurations and Data
To remove nut-ipmi
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nut-ipmi
Remove nut-ipmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nut-ipmi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nut-ipmi
Dependencies
nut-ipmi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-ipmi
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.