How To Install lsscsi on CentOS 8

lsscsi is List SCSI devices (or hosts) and associated information

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.