How To Install openhpi-clients on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-clients on Kali Linux.
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 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 openhpi-clients Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openhpi-clients using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-clientsInstall openhpi-clients Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openhpi-clients using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openhpi-clientsInstall openhpi-clients 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openhpi-clients using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-clientsHow To Uninstall openhpi-clients on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the openhpi-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openhpi-clientsUninstall openhpi-clients And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openhpi-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-clientsRemove openhpi-clients Configurations and Data
To remove openhpi-clients configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-clientsRemove 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-clientsDependencies
openhpi-clients have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-clients package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.