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libiscsi-utils


Information about the package, libiscsi-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libiscsi-utils package is designed for, iSCSI Client Utilities.


Package Name:

libiscsi-utils

Summary:

iSCSI Client Utilities

Description:

The libiscsi-utils package provides a set of assorted utilities to connect to iSCSI servers without having to set up the Linux iSCSI initiator.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7.0

Release:

5.el6

Size:

91 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libiscsi-utils


Control the libiscsi-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libiscsi-utils

This command will install libiscsi-utils on the server.

yum remove libiscsi-utils

This command will un-install libiscsi-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libiscsi-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libiscsi-utils

This command will un-install libiscsi-utils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libiscsi-utils when using the -y flag.

yum update libiscsi-utils

This command will update libiscsi-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libiscsi-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libiscsi-utils

This command will update libiscsi-utils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libiscsi-utils when using the -y flag.

yum info libiscsi-utils

This command will show you core information about the libiscsi-utils package.

yum deplist libiscsi-utils

This command will show you the dependencies for libiscsi-utils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update libiscsi-utils

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libiscsi-utils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.