Information about the package, freeipmi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The freeipmi package is designed for, IPMI remote console and system management software.
Package Name:
freeipmi
Summary:
IPMI remote console and system management software
Description:
The FreeIPMI project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and "System Management Software" (in-band) based on Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.1
Release:
10.el6
Size:
1.9 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the freeipmi package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install freeipmi
This command will install freeipmi on the server.
yum remove freeipmi
This command will un-install freeipmi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeipmi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove freeipmi
This command will un-install freeipmi 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 freeipmi when using the -y flag.
yum update freeipmi
This command will update freeipmi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeipmi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update freeipmi
This command will update freeipmi 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 freeipmi when using the -y flag.
yum info freeipmi
This command will show you core information about the freeipmi package.
yum deplist freeipmi
This command will show you the dependencies for freeipmi. 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 freeipmi
This command will check if there is an update waiting on freeipmi. 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.