How To Install iscsiuio on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsiuio on Debian 9.
What is iscsiuio
iscsiuio is:
Open-iSCSI is a high-performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of the RFC3720 Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI).
This package contains the userspace offloading daemon, for use with QLogic (formerly Broadcom) NetXtreme II hardware, as supported by the ‘bnx2’ and ‘bnx2x’ drivers, in conjunction with the ‘bnx2i’ driver.
The following network controllers are supported: bnx2: BCM5706, BCM5708, BCM5709 devices bnx2x: BCM57710, BCM57711, BCM57711E, BCM57712, BCM57712E, BCM57800, BCM57810, BCM57840
This package is required to offload iSCSI onto these devices.
There are three methods to install iscsiuio on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iscsiuio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iscsiuio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iscsiuio
Install iscsiuio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iscsiuio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iscsiuio
Install iscsiuio 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iscsiuio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iscsiuio
How To Uninstall iscsiuio on Debian 9
To uninstall only the iscsiuio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iscsiuio
Uninstall iscsiuio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iscsiuio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iscsiuio
Remove iscsiuio Configurations and Data
To remove iscsiuio configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iscsiuio
Remove iscsiuio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iscsiuio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iscsiuio
Dependencies
iscsiuio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsiuio package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
