How To Install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
on Debian 9.
What is openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect 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 with direct IPMI commands over a LAN (RMCP) or through the local SMI.
There are three methods to install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
on Debian 9. 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-ipmidirect 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-plugin-ipmidirect
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect 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-plugin-ipmidirect
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
How To Uninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect on Debian 9
To uninstall only the openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Uninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Remove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect Configurations and Data
To remove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Remove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
Dependencies
openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-ipmidirect
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.