How To Install libiscsi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi in Fedora 36. libiscsi is iSCSI client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi on Fedora 36.

What is libiscsi

libiscsi is a library for attaching to iSCSI resources across a network.

We can use yum or dnf to install libiscsi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libiscsi.

Install libiscsi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi

Install libiscsi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiscsi

How To Uninstall libiscsi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libiscsi

libiscsi Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `libiscsi` on Fedora 36.

### What is `libiscsi`

> libiscsi is a library for attaching to iSCSI resources across a network.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `libiscsi` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libiscsi.

## Install libiscsi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi

Install libiscsi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiscsi

How To Uninstall libiscsi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libiscsi

libiscsi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ld.so.conf.d/libiscsi-i386.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/3a9091f5da7d74da0b71471842ad8e85ff9f67
/usr/lib/iscsi
/usr/lib/iscsi/libiscsi.so.9
/usr/lib/iscsi/libiscsi.so.9.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libiscsi
/usr/share/doc/libiscsi/README
/usr/share/doc/libiscsi/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libiscsi
/usr/share/licenses/libiscsi/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libiscsi/LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/etc/ld.so.conf.d/libiscsi-x86_64.conf /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/0b /usr/lib/.build-id/0b/76c0916a802985b0acdcaf4871b0ff4fc142ff /usr/lib64/iscsi /usr/lib64/iscsi/libiscsi.so.9 /usr/lib64/iscsi/libiscsi.so.9.0.0 /usr/share/doc/libiscsi /usr/share/doc/libiscsi/README /usr/share/doc/libiscsi/TODO /usr/share/licenses/libiscsi /usr/share/licenses/libiscsi/COPYING /usr/share/licenses/libiscsi/LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt


## References

* [libiscsi website](https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `libiscsi` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).