How To Install check on CentOS 8

check is A unit test framework for C A unit test framework for C

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install check on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.