How To Install lsscsi on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsscsi on CentOS 8.
What is lsscsi
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 or dnf to install lsscsi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsscsi.
Install lsscsi on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lsscsi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lsscsi
Install lsscsi on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lsscsi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lsscsi
How To Uninstall lsscsi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lsscsi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lsscsi
lsscsi Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/lsscsi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/af5762dd1f5c8e2020cd2ee5ebbf94aa7c3210
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/lsscsi/README
/usr/share/man/man8/lsscsi.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsscsi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.