How To Install sasutils on CentOS 8

sasutils is Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sasutils on CentOS 8.

What is `sasutils`

sasutils is a set of command-line tools and a Python library to ease the administration of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) fabrics.

We can use yum or dnf to install sasutils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sasutils.

Install sasutils 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 sasutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sasutils

Install sasutils 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 sasutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sasutils

How To Uninstall sasutils on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sasutils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sasutils

sasutils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/sas_counters
/usr/bin/sas_devices
/usr/bin/sas_discover
/usr/bin/sas_mpath_snic_alias
/usr/bin/sas_sd_snic_alias
/usr/bin/ses_report
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils-0.3.10-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/sas.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/sas.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/scsi.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/scsi.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/ses.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/ses.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/smp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/smp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/sysfs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/sysfs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/vpd.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/__pycache__/vpd.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_counters.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_counters.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_devices.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_devices.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_discover.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_discover.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_mpath_snic_alias.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_mpath_snic_alias.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_sd_snic_alias.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/sas_sd_snic_alias.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/ses_report.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/__pycache__/ses_report.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/sas_counters.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/sas_devices.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/sas_discover.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/sas_mpath_snic_alias.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/sas_sd_snic_alias.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/cli/ses_report.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/sas.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/scsi.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/ses.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/smp.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/sysfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sasutils/vpd.py
/usr/share/doc/sasutils
/usr/share/doc/sasutils/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/sasutils
/usr/share/licenses/sasutils/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/sas_counters.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sas_devices.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sas_discover.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ses_report.1.gz

References

sasutils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sasutils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.