How To Install check on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install check on CentOS 8.
What is check
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. check 0.12.0 2.el8 x86_64 89 k check-0.12.0-2.el8.src.rpm appstream A unit test framework for C http LGPLv2+ 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 or dnf to install check on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install check.
Install check on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install check using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install check
Install check on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install check using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install check
How To Uninstall check on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the check package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove check
check Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/961a050fa4966982908cfce22c103d1479899b
/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/check
/usr/share/doc/check/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/check/ChangeLog
/usr/share/info/check.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/check
/usr/share/licenses/check/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/b32160dbd5df628c43cab2e169c9f659961c85
/usr/lib/libcheck.so.0
/usr/lib/libcheck.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/check
/usr/share/doc/check/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/check/ChangeLog
/usr/share/info/check.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/check
/usr/share/licenses/check/COPYING.LESSER
References
- [check website](http://libcheck.github.io/check/ http://libcheck.github.io/check/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install check on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.