# Install freeipmi with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper In-band and out-of-band IPMI (v1.5/2.0) software. Version 1.6.18 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install freeipmi. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:freeipmi ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install freeipmi ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install freeipmi ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/freeipmi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add freeipmi ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freeipmi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install freeipmi ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install freeipmi ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freeipmi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#freeipmi ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/freeipmi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S freeipmi ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: freeipmi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install freeipmi ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: freeipmi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:freeipmi - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.6.18 - **Source summary:** In-band and out-of-band IPMI (v1.5/2.0) software - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:30:41-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - bmc-config (alias) - bmc-device (alias) - bmc-info (alias) - bmc-watchdog (alias) - ipmi-chassis (alias) - ipmi-chassis-config (alias) - ipmi-config (alias) - ipmi-console (alias) - ipmi-dcmi (alias) - ipmi-detect (alias) - ipmi-fru (alias) - ipmi-locate (alias) - ipmi-oem (alias) - ipmi-pef-config (alias) - ipmi-pet (alias) - ipmi-ping (alias) - ipmi-power (alias) - ipmi-raw (alias) - ipmi-sel (alias) - ipmi-sensors (alias) - ipmi-sensors-config (alias) - ipmiconsole (alias) - ipmidetect (alias) - ipmidetectd (alias) - ipmimonitoring (alias) - ipmiping (alias) - ipmipower (alias) - ipmiseld (alias) - pef-config (alias) - rmcp-ping (alias) - rmcpping (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.6.18 ## Project history and usage GNU FreeIPMI is a suite of in-band and out-of-band IPMI tools and libraries for managing Baseboard Management Controllers and other platform-management hardware. It is packaged as a command-heavy system administration toolkit rather than a single daemon. ### Project history The GNU FreeIPMI project documents support for IPMI 1.5 and 2.0 style hardware management. Its source and release history are hosted through GNU/Savannah infrastructure, with many small command-line programs for chassis control, sensor inspection, SEL logs, FRU data, raw IPMI commands, console access, and monitoring. ### Adoption history FreeIPMI is widely packaged because IPMI is common in servers, clusters, and HPC environments. The supplied package facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE packages, indicating broad Linux and Unix administrator adoption. ### How it is used Administrators use tools such as ipmi-sensors, ipmi-power, ipmi-chassis, ipmi-sel, ipmi-fru, ipmi-raw, bmc-config, bmc-info, and ipmiconsole for hardware inventory, monitoring, remote power control, and BMC configuration. Packagers must expose many small utilities and keep library/tool compatibility aligned. ### Why package nerds care FreeIPMI is significant because it turns a hardware-management protocol into a Unix toolbox. For package maintainers it is the kind of system package where manpages, capabilities, library ABI, optional drivers, and dozens of executable names matter more than a single user-facing app. ### Timeline - 2009: GNU FTP lists FreeIPMI 0.7.5 as an early archived release. - 2011: GNU FTP lists FreeIPMI 1.0.x releases. - 2020s: FreeIPMI 1.6.x releases continued in the GNU archive. - 2020s: Distribution packages kept the tool suite available across major Unix-like systems. ### Related projects - Related projects and interfaces include IPMI, BMC firmware, RMCP/RMCP+, DCMI tooling, ipmiconsole, ipmidetect, and cluster monitoring stacks that consume sensor and power-control data. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - freeipmi - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - freeipmi-bmc-watchdog - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi-bmc-watchdog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - BMC watchdog | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - freeipmi-common - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - common files | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - freeipmi-ipmidetect - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi-ipmidetect from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - IPMI node detection tool | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - freeipmi-ipmiseld - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi-ipmiseld from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - IPMI system event log daemon | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - freeipmi-tools - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freeipmi-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - tools | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libfreeipmi-dev - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfreeipmi-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - development package | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libfreeipmi17 - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfreeipmi17 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - libraries | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmiconsole-dev - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmiconsole-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - ipmiconsole development package | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmiconsole2 - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmiconsole2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - Serial-over-Lan library | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmidetect-dev - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmidetect-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - ipmidetect development package | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmidetect0 - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmidetect0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - IPMI node detection library | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmimonitoring-dev - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmimonitoring-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - ipmimonitoring development package | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Debian apt - libipmimonitoring6 - 1.6.15-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libipmimonitoring6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU IPMI - Sensor monitoring library | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ - Nix - freeipmi: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/freeipmi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - freeipmi - 1.6.13-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: freeipmi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol | https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/freeipmi.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/freeipmi.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph