How To Install libiscsi-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libiscsi-bin
libiscsi-bin is:
Libiscsi is a clientside library to implement the iSCSI protocol that can be used to access resource of an iSCSI Target.
The library is fully async with regards to iscsi commands and scsi tasks, but a sync layer is also provided for ease of use for simpler applications.
This package contains a set of useful iscsi utilities such as logging in to and enumerating all targets on a portal and all devices of a target, all built on top of libiscsi.
There are three methods to install libiscsi-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libiscsi-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiscsi-bin
Install libiscsi-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiscsi-bin
Install libiscsi-bin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiscsi-bin
How To Uninstall libiscsi-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libiscsi-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiscsi-bin
Uninstall libiscsi-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiscsi-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiscsi-bin
Remove libiscsi-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libiscsi-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiscsi-bin
Remove libiscsi-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiscsi-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiscsi-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
