How To Install tgt-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-dbg on Debian 9. tgt-dbg is Linux SCSI target user-space daemon and tools - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-dbg on Debian 9.

What is tgt-dbg

tgt-dbg is:

The Linux target framework (tgt) allows a Linux system to provide SCSI devices (targets) over networked SCSI transports.

tgt consists of a user-space daemon and user-space tools currently supporting the following transports:

  • iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
  • iSER (iSCSI over RDMA, using Infiniband)

tgt also supports different storage types for use as backing stores for SCSI Logical Units:

  • Plain files and block devices
  • Ceph/RADOS RBD volumes
  • GlusterFS volumes

This package contains symbols used for debugging tgt.

There are three methods to install tgt-dbg 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 tgt-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tgt-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tgt-dbg

Install tgt-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tgt-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tgt-dbg

Install tgt-dbg 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 tgt-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tgt-dbg

How To Uninstall tgt-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tgt-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tgt-dbg

Uninstall tgt-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tgt-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tgt-dbg

Remove tgt-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove tgt-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tgt-dbg

Remove tgt-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tgt-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tgt-dbg

Dependencies

tgt-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.