How To Install nunit on CentOS 8

nunit is Unit test framework for CLI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nunit on CentOS 8.

What is nunit

NUnit is a unit testing framework for all .NET languages. It serves the same purpose as JUnit does in the Java world. It supports test categories, testing for exceptions and writing test results in plain text or XML. NUnit targets the CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) and supports Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

We can use yum or dnf to install nunit on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nunit.

Install nunit 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 nunit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nunit

Install nunit 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 nunit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nunit

How To Uninstall nunit on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the nunit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nunit

nunit Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/nunitlite-runner
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework.tests
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework.tests/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework.tests/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb/nunit.framework.tests.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb/nunit.framework.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.testdata
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.testdata/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.testdata/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb/nunit.testdata.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunitlite
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunitlite/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunitlite/3.7.1.0__2638cd05610744eb/nunitlite.dll
/usr/lib/mono/nunit
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/mock-assembly.exe
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunit.framework.dll
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunit.framework.tests.dll
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunit.testdata.dll
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunitlite-runner.exe
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunitlite-runner.exe.config
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunitlite.dll
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/nunitlite.tests.exe
/usr/lib/mono/nunit/slow-nunit-tests.dll
/usr/share/licenses/nunit
/usr/share/licenses/nunit/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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