How To Install lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsscsi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lsscsi.x86_64 is List SCSI devices (or hosts) and associated information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `lsscsi.x86_64`

Uses information provided by the sysfs pseudo file system in Linux kernel 2.6 series to list SCSI devices or all SCSI hosts. Includes a “classic” option to mimic the output of “cat /proc/scsi/scsi” that has been widely used prior to the lk 2.6 series. Author ——– Doug Gilbert <dgilbert(at)interlog(dot)com>

We can use yum to install lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsscsi.x86_64.

Install lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lsscsi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lsscsi.x86_64

How To Uninstall lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lsscsi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lsscsi.x86_64

lsscsi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/lsscsi
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi-0.27/README
/usr/share/man/man8/lsscsi.8.gz

References

lsscsi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsscsi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.