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Quick installation of freeipmi-tools:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: freeipmi-tools
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install freeipmi-tools
Package Details | |
| Package: | freeipmi-tools |
| Version: | 0.8.12-3ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ |
| Description: | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - tools 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 assorted IPMI-related tools: * bmc-config - configure BMC values * bmc-info - display BMC information * ipmi-chassis - IPMI chassis management utility * ipmi-fru - display FRU information * ipmi-locate - IPMI probing utility * ipmi-oem - IPMI OEM utility * ipmi-raw - IPMI raw communication utility * ipmi-sel - display SEL entries * ipmi-sensors - display IPMI sensor information * ipmi-sensors-config - configure sensors * ipmiconsole - IPMI console utility * ipmimonitoring - IPMI monitoring utility * ipmiping - send IPMI Get Authentication Capabilitiy request * ipmipower - IPMI power control utility * pef-config - configure PEF values * rmcpping - send RMCP Ping to network hosts Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install freeipmi-tools on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If freeipmi-tools is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L freeipmi-tools' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L freeipmi-tools Package `freeipmi-tools' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing freeipmi-tools:
After system update use the following command to install freeipmi-tools:
sudo apt-get install freeipmi-tools
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove freeipmi-tools from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the freeipmi-tools from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the freeipmi-tools following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-tools
Following command is used to remove the freeipmi-tools package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove freeipmi-tools
This will remove freeipmi-tools and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing freeipmi-tools with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge freeipmi-tools
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove freeipmi-tools
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with freeipmi-tools package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
