How To Install lava-tool on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-tool on Debian 9. lava-tool is command line utility for LAVA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-tool on Debian 9.

What is lava-tool

lava-tool is:

LAVA is a continuous integration system for deploying operating systems onto physical and virtual hardware for running tests. Tests can be simple boot testing, bootloader testing and system level testing, although extra hardware may be required for some system tests. Results are tracked over time and data can be exported for further analysis.

This package provides a user space connection to any LAVA (Linaro Automated Validation Architecture) instance for submitting test jobs or querying the instance for device and job status over XMLRPC. A user account on the instance is needed to create and use authentication tokens for some calls. The list of calls supported is described on the API section of the LAVA instance.

There are three methods to install lava-tool on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lava-tool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lava-tool

Install lava-tool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lava-tool

Install lava-tool 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lava-tool

How To Uninstall lava-tool on Debian 9

To uninstall only the lava-tool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lava-tool

Uninstall lava-tool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lava-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lava-tool

Remove lava-tool Configurations and Data

To remove lava-tool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lava-tool

Remove lava-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lava-tool

Dependencies

lava-tool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-tool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.