How to Install freeipmi software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install freeipmi software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

freeipmi software package provides GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freeipmi 

freeipmi is installed in your system.

Make ensure the freeipmi package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freeipmi *

You will get with freeipmi package name, version, architecture and description in a table

freeipmi package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package freeipmi
Version 1.4.11-1ubuntu1
Description GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove freeipmi software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?