How To Install libiscsi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi on CentOS 7. libiscsi is iSCSI client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi on CentOS 7.

What is libiscsi

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

We can use yum or dnf to install libiscsi on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libiscsi.

Install libiscsi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libiscsi

Install libiscsi on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi

How To Uninstall libiscsi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libiscsi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.