How To Install openipmi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openipmi on Debian 9.
What is openipmi
openipmi is:
IPMI allows remote monitoring and remote management of devices.
This package contains some command-line and graphical-user-interfaces to interact with IPMI-enabled devices.
There are three methods to install openipmi 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 openipmi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openipmi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openipmi
Install openipmi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openipmi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openipmi
Install openipmi 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 openipmi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openipmi
How To Uninstall openipmi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the openipmi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openipmi
Uninstall openipmi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openipmi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openipmi
Remove openipmi Configurations and Data
To remove openipmi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openipmi
Remove openipmi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openipmi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openipmi
Dependencies
openipmi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openipmi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.