How To Install openhpi-clients on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-clients on Debian 10.
What is openhpi-clients
openhpi-clients 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 example client programs supplied as part of OpenHPI.
There are three methods to install openhpi-clients on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openhpi-clients Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-clients using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-clients
Install openhpi-clients Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-clients using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openhpi-clients
Install openhpi-clients 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 openhpi-clients using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-clients
How To Uninstall openhpi-clients on Debian 10
To uninstall only the openhpi-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openhpi-clients
Uninstall openhpi-clients And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openhpi-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-clients
Remove openhpi-clients Configurations and Data
To remove openhpi-clients configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-clients
Remove openhpi-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openhpi-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-clients
Dependencies
openhpi-clients have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-clients package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.