How To Install tgt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tgt
tgt 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 includes the daemon and user-space tools.
There are three methods to install tgt 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tgt
Install tgt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tgt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tgt
Install tgt 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tgt
How To Uninstall tgt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tgt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tgt
Uninstall tgt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tgt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tgt
Remove tgt Configurations and Data
To remove tgt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tgt
Remove tgt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tgt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tgt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
