How To Install openqa-common on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-common on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is openqa-common
openqa-common is:
This package contains shared resources for openQA web front-end and openQA workers.
openQA is a testing framework that allows you to run tests on pretty-much anything that you can ‘remotely’ control. For instance, a VM that can be accessed via VNC.
There are three methods to install openqa-common on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openqa-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openqa-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openqa-common
Install openqa-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openqa-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openqa-common
Install openqa-common 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 openqa-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openqa-common
How To Uninstall openqa-common on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the openqa-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openqa-common
Uninstall openqa-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openqa-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openqa-common
Remove openqa-common Configurations and Data
To remove openqa-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openqa-common
Remove openqa-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openqa-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openqa-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
