How To Install istgt on Debian 10

Learn how to install istgt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. istgt is iSCSI userspace target daemon for Unix-like operating systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install istgt on Debian 10.

What is istgt

istgt is:

istgt is a iSCSI target for Unix-like operating systems (including those with Linux and kFreeBSD kernels) running as daemon process in user space.

It supports:

  • Multipath I/O
  • 64bit LBA for volumes over 2 TiB size
  • Header/Data digest by CRC32C
  • Mutual authentication with CHAP
  • Multiple LUNs and ACLs for portals
  • IPv6/IPv4 support

There are three methods to install istgt on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install istgt Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install istgt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install istgt

Install istgt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install istgt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install istgt

Install istgt Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install istgt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install istgt

How To Uninstall istgt on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove istgt

Uninstall istgt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall istgt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove istgt

Remove istgt Configurations and Data

To remove istgt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge istgt

Remove istgt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove istgt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge istgt

Dependencies

istgt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install istgt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.