How To Install openhpi-plugin-simulator on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpi-plugin-simulator on Kali Linux.

What is openhpi-plugin-simulator

openhpi-plugin-simulator 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 uses the simuator.

There are three methods to install openhpi-plugin-simulator 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-simulator 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-simulator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-plugin-simulator

Install openhpi-plugin-simulator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openhpi-plugin-simulator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openhpi-plugin-simulator

Install openhpi-plugin-simulator 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 openhpi-plugin-simulator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-plugin-simulator

How To Uninstall openhpi-plugin-simulator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openhpi-plugin-simulator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openhpi-plugin-simulator

Uninstall openhpi-plugin-simulator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openhpi-plugin-simulator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-plugin-simulator

Remove openhpi-plugin-simulator Configurations and Data

To remove openhpi-plugin-simulator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-plugin-simulator

Remove openhpi-plugin-simulator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openhpi-plugin-simulator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-plugin-simulator

Dependencies

openhpi-plugin-simulator have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libopenhpi3

References

• openhpi-plugin-simulator website

Summary

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