How To Install libiscsi7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi7 on Kali Linux.

What is libiscsi7

libiscsi7 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 the library itself.

There are three methods to install libiscsi7 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libiscsi7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiscsi7

Install libiscsi7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiscsi7

Install libiscsi7 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libiscsi7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiscsi7

How To Uninstall libiscsi7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libiscsi7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiscsi7

Uninstall libiscsi7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiscsi7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiscsi7

Remove libiscsi7 Configurations and Data

To remove libiscsi7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiscsi7

Remove libiscsi7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiscsi7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiscsi7

Dependencies

libiscsi7 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libibverbs1
• librdmacm1

References

• libiscsi7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.