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