How To Install freeipmi-ipmidetect 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-ipmidetect on Ubuntu.
What is freeipmi-ipmidetect
freeipmi-ipmidetect 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 contains a tool and a daemon for detecting IPMI nodes.
There are three methods to install freeipmi-ipmidetect 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-ipmidetect 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-ipmidetect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipmi-ipmidetect
Install freeipmi-ipmidetect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipmi-ipmidetect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipmi-ipmidetect
Install freeipmi-ipmidetect 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-ipmidetect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipmi-ipmidetect
How To Uninstall freeipmi-ipmidetect on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the freeipmi-ipmidetect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-ipmidetect
Uninstall freeipmi-ipmidetect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipmi-ipmidetect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipmi-ipmidetect
Remove freeipmi-ipmidetect Configurations and Data
To remove freeipmi-ipmidetect configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipmi-ipmidetect
Remove freeipmi-ipmidetect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipmi-ipmidetect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipmi-ipmidetect
Dependencies
freeipmi-ipmidetect have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmidetect package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.