How To Install opa-basic-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-basic-tools on Kali Linux.

What is opa-basic-tools

opa-basic-tools is:

This package contains basic tools for the management of an Intel(R) Omni-Path Architecture fabric.

There are three methods to install opa-basic-tools on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opa-basic-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install opa-basic-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opa-basic-tools

Install opa-basic-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opa-basic-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opa-basic-tools

Install opa-basic-tools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install opa-basic-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opa-basic-tools

How To Uninstall opa-basic-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opa-basic-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opa-basic-tools

Uninstall opa-basic-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opa-basic-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opa-basic-tools

Remove opa-basic-tools Configurations and Data

To remove opa-basic-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opa-basic-tools

Remove opa-basic-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opa-basic-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opa-basic-tools

Dependencies

opa-basic-tools have the following dependencies:

• bc
• linux-cpupower
• perl

References

• opa-basic-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-basic-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.