How To Install openipmi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openipmi on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openipmi
Remove openipmi Configurations and Data
To remove openipmi configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openipmi package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
