How To Install libiscsi-utils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-utils in Fedora 36. libiscsi-utils is iSCSI Client Utilities

Introduction

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

What is libiscsi-utils

The libiscsi-utils package provides a set of assorted utilities to connect to iSCSI servers without having to set up the Linux iSCSI initiator.

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

Install libiscsi-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi-utils

Install libiscsi-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiscsi-utils

How To Uninstall libiscsi-utils on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libiscsi-utils

libiscsi-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/iscsi-inq
/usr/bin/iscsi-ls
/usr/bin/iscsi-perf
/usr/bin/iscsi-readcapacity16
/usr/bin/iscsi-swp
/usr/bin/iscsi-test-cu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/931cfc8d988e6da3d0c2d95b5b3835c2610dad
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/377c9a649093662baf0d48ac09212acb02fd3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/60d9584d9ce1682ea17691f890234fc7a79766
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/0a36afdc9a26d993ad46bc41b126de5f4c11f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/32c8f439eabc781aa066c23f304586f30b8fd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/2abf5422bc42ba478e5e156cb5e3b6d286d9bc
/usr/share/licenses/libiscsi-utils
/usr/share/licenses/libiscsi-utils/LICENCE-GPL-2.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/iscsi-inq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iscsi-ls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iscsi-swp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iscsi-test-cu.1.gz

References

Summary

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