How To Install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi on Rocky Linux 8. qemu-kvm-block-iscsi is QEMU iSCSI block driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qemu-kvm-block-iscsi

This package provides the additional iSCSI block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access iSCSI volumes.

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

Install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi 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 qemu-kvm-block-iscsi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi

Install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi 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 qemu-kvm-block-iscsi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-iscsi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-iscsi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-iscsi

qemu-kvm-block-iscsi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/9f9fbbe68c152f06a80d643b9e108d17b13388
/usr/lib64/qemu-kvm/block-iscsi.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-iscsi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.