How To Install tgt-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tgt-dbg
tgt-dbg is:
The Linux target framework (tgt) allows a Linux system to provide SCSI devices (targets) over networked SCSI transports.
tgt consists of a user-space daemon and user-space tools currently supporting the following transports:
- iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
- iSER (iSCSI over RDMA, using Infiniband)
tgt also supports different storage types for use as backing stores for SCSI Logical Units:
- Plain files and block devices
- Ceph/RADOS RBD volumes
- GlusterFS volumes
This package contains symbols used for debugging tgt.
There are three methods to install tgt-dbg 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 tgt-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tgt-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tgt-dbg
Install tgt-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tgt-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tgt-dbg
Install tgt-dbg 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 tgt-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tgt-dbg
How To Uninstall tgt-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tgt-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tgt-dbg
Uninstall tgt-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tgt-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tgt-dbg
Remove tgt-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove tgt-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tgt-dbg
Remove tgt-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tgt-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tgt-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
