How To Install freeipmi-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-common on Ubuntu.
What is freeipmi-common
freeipmi-common is:
FreeIPMI is a collection of Intelligent Platform Management IPMI system software. It provides in-band and out-of-band software and a development library conforming to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI v1.5 and v2.0) standards.
This package provides configuration used by the rest of FreeIPMI framework and generic documentation to orient the user.
There are three methods to install freeipmi-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freeipmi-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi-common
Install freeipmi-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipmi-common
Install freeipmi-common 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 freeipmi-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi-common
How To Uninstall freeipmi-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the freeipmi-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-common
Uninstall freeipmi-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipmi-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi-common
Remove freeipmi-common Configurations and Data
To remove freeipmi-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi-common
Remove freeipmi-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipmi-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi-common
Dependencies
freeipmi-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.