How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on Ubuntu 22.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct is:

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.

This package contains a libvirtd storage driver for iSCSI volumes implemented using libiscsi.

There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct Configurations and Data

To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

References

• libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct website
• libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.