How To Install openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc 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 IBM BladeCenter and RSA-enabled systems hardware information through SNMP.

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

sudo apt-get -y install openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

Install openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

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

sudo aptitude -y install openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

How To Uninstall openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

Uninstall openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

Remove openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc

Dependencies

openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libopenhpi3
• libsnmp40
• libuuid1

References

• openhpi-plugin-snmp-bc website

Summary

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