How To Install tmt-provision-virtual on CentOS 8

tmt-provision-virtual is Virtual machine provisioner for the Test Management Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmt-provision-virtual on CentOS 8.

What is tmt-provision-virtual

Dependencies required to run tests in a local virtual machine.

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

Install tmt-provision-virtual 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 tmt-provision-virtual using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tmt-provision-virtual

Install tmt-provision-virtual 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 tmt-provision-virtual using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tmt-provision-virtual

How To Uninstall tmt-provision-virtual on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tmt-provision-virtual package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tmt-provision-virtual

tmt-provision-virtual Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tmt/steps/provision/__pycache__/testcloud.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tmt/steps/provision/__pycache__/testcloud.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tmt/steps/provision/testcloud.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmt-provision-virtual on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.