How To Install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8. python3-iscsi-initiator-utils is Python 3.6 bindings to iscsi-initiator-utils

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-iscsi-initiator-utils

The iscsi-initiator-utils-python3 package contains Python 3.6 bindings to the libiscsi interface for interacting with iscsi-initiator-utils

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils.

Install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils

Install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils

How To Uninstall python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-iscsi-initiator-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-iscsi-initiator-utils

python3-iscsi-initiator-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/e86cd264d1a00de73fee72b3e54246f6c17862
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/PyIscsi-1.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libiscsi.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-iscsi-initiator-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.