How To Install openhpi-plugin-ipmi on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-ipmi on Kali Linux.
What is openhpi-plugin-ipmi
openhpi-plugin-ipmi 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 a plugin module that accesses hardware information through the OpenIPMI library.
There are three methods to install openhpi-plugin-ipmi 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-plugin-ipmi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-ipmi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmiInstall openhpi-plugin-ipmi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-ipmi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmiInstall openhpi-plugin-ipmi 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-plugin-ipmi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmiHow To Uninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the openhpi-plugin-ipmi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openhpi-plugin-ipmiUninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-plugin-ipmiRemove openhpi-plugin-ipmi Configurations and Data
To remove openhpi-plugin-ipmi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-plugin-ipmiRemove openhpi-plugin-ipmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openhpi-plugin-ipmi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-plugin-ipmiDependencies
openhpi-plugin-ipmi have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-ipmi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.