How To Install libiscsi-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-utils on CentOS 7. libiscsi-utils is iSCSI Client Utilities

Introduction

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

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libiscsi-utils.

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

sudo yum -y install libiscsi-utils

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

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi-utils

How To Uninstall libiscsi-utils on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libiscsi-utils

References

libiscsi-utils website

Summary

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