How To Install libipmctl-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 libipmctl-common on Ubuntu.
What is libipmctl-common
libipmctl-common is:
This package provides an API for the following functionality:
- Discover PMMs on the platform.
- Provision the platform memory configuration.
- View and update the firmware on PMMs.
- Configure data-at-rest security on PMMs.
- Monitor PMM health.
- Track performance of PMMs.
- Debug and troubleshoot PMMs
This package contains common conf files.
There are three methods to install libipmctl-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 libipmctl-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 libipmctl-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipmctl-common
Install libipmctl-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipmctl-common
Install libipmctl-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 libipmctl-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipmctl-common
How To Uninstall libipmctl-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libipmctl-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipmctl-common
Uninstall libipmctl-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipmctl-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmctl-common
Remove libipmctl-common Configurations and Data
To remove libipmctl-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipmctl-common
Remove libipmctl-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipmctl-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmctl-common
Dependencies
libipmctl-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.