How To Install openhpid on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openhpid on Kali Linux.

What is openhpid

openhpid 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 OpenHPI daemon. This process gathers information from managed hardware and systems, making this available to OpenHPI-based applications.

There are three methods to install openhpid 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 openhpid Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openhpid using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openhpid

Install openhpid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openhpid using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openhpid

Install openhpid 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 openhpid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openhpid

How To Uninstall openhpid on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openhpid package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openhpid

Uninstall openhpid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openhpid

Remove openhpid Configurations and Data

To remove openhpid configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openhpid

Remove openhpid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openhpid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openhpid

Dependencies

openhpid have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libopenhpi3
• libstdc++6
• lsb-base

References

• openhpid website

Summary

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