How To Install istgt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install istgt
on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.