How To Install unittest-cpp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unittest-cpp on CentOS 8.
What is unittest-cpp
unittest-cpp is a lightweight unit testing framework for C++. Simplicity, portability, speed, and small footprint are all very important aspects of unittest-cpp.
We can use yum or dnf to install unittest-cpp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unittest-cpp.
Install unittest-cpp 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 unittest-cpp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install unittest-cpp
Install unittest-cpp 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 unittest-cpp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install unittest-cpp
How To Uninstall unittest-cpp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the unittest-cpp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove unittest-cpp
unittest-cpp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/a55b32d2deb9333395814833431ccf7efeacb4
/usr/lib64/libUnitTest++.so.2
/usr/lib64/libUnitTest++.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/unittest-cpp
/usr/share/licenses/unittest-cpp/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unittest-cpp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.