How To Install openipmi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 openipmi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openipmi

How To Uninstall openipmi on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openipmi

Remove openipmi Configurations and Data

To remove openipmi configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libopenipmi0
• libpopt0
• libreadline8
• libsnmp40
• lsb-base

References

• openipmi website

Summary

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