How To Install udisks2-iscsi on CentOS 8

udisks2-iscsi is Module for iSCSI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-iscsi on CentOS 8.

What is udisks2-iscsi

This package contains module for iSCSI configuration.

We can use yum or dnf to install udisks2-iscsi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install udisks2-iscsi.

Install udisks2-iscsi 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 udisks2-iscsi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install udisks2-iscsi

Install udisks2-iscsi 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 udisks2-iscsi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install udisks2-iscsi

How To Uninstall udisks2-iscsi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the udisks2-iscsi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove udisks2-iscsi

udisks2-iscsi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/83fa19b9e0422ef516a6e0af58f757e6be539b
/usr/lib64/udisks2/modules/libudisks2_iscsi.so
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.UDisks2.iscsi.policy

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-iscsi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.