How To Install check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install check.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. check.x86_64 is A unit test framework for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `check.x86_64`

Check is a unit test framework for C. It features a simple interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the developer. Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within source code editors and IDEs.

We can use yum to install check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install check.x86_64.

Install check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install check.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install check.x86_64

How To Uninstall check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the check.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove check.x86_64

check.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/ChangeLogOld
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/README
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/SVNChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/check-0.9.9/TODO
/usr/share/info/check.info.gz

References

check.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install check.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.