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OpenIPMI


Information about the package, OpenIPMI, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The OpenIPMI package is designed for, IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools.


Package Name:

OpenIPMI

Summary:

IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

Description:

The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.0.16

Release:

14.el6

Size:

156 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ or BSD



Handy Yum Commands for OpenIPMI


Control the OpenIPMI package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install OpenIPMI

This command will install OpenIPMI on the server.

yum remove OpenIPMI

This command will un-install OpenIPMI on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove OpenIPMI, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove OpenIPMI

This command will un-install OpenIPMI on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove OpenIPMI when using the -y flag.

yum update OpenIPMI

This command will update OpenIPMI to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove OpenIPMI, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update OpenIPMI

This command will update OpenIPMI to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove OpenIPMI when using the -y flag.

yum info OpenIPMI

This command will show you core information about the OpenIPMI package.

yum deplist OpenIPMI

This command will show you the dependencies for OpenIPMI. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update OpenIPMI

This command will check if there is an update waiting on OpenIPMI. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.