How To Install wbemcm on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install sblim-wbemcli

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is wbemcm and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install wbemcm on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install wbemcm using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install wbemcm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sblim-wbemcli

Install wbemcm using apt

Because wbemcm is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install wbemcm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sblim-wbemcli

Install wbemcm using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install wbemcm by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sblim-wbemcli

How to upgrade (update) a single package wbemcm using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the wbemcm, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install sblim-wbemcli

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install sblim-wbemcli

How To Uninstall wbemcm from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wbemcm package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sblim-wbemcli

Uninstall wbemcm and all its dependencies

To uninstall wbemcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sblim-wbemcli

Remove wbemcm with all configurations and data

To remove wbemcm configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sblim-wbemcli

Remove wbemcm completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to wbemcm package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sblim-wbemcli

Extra info and code examples

The WBEM Command Line Interface is a standalone, convenient systems management utility for CIMOM access. Invocation and output syntax are problem-oriented and easy to process by shell and Perl scripts, making wbemcli well suited for administrators writing their own management scripts and for WBEM developers wanting to test their providers. WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) is a successor of SNMP and the basis of SMI-S (Storage Management Initiative - a standard interface to storage devices). CIM (Common Information Model, the data model of WBEM) has a much wider scope, thus more ambitious projects like OpenPegasus exist, but this simple utility from the SBLIM project is enough to query disk and RAID states of SMI-S compatible storage products from their CIM Object Manager, for example.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install wbemcm using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the wbemcm from Kali Linux.

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