How To Install openqa-client on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-client in Fedora 36. openqa-client is Client tools for remote openQA management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-client on Fedora 36.

What is `openqa-client`

This package contains the openQA client script, along with several other useful tools and support files. The client script is a convenient helper for interacting with the openQA REST API.

We can use yum or dnf to install openqa-client on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openqa-client.

Install openqa-client on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openqa-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openqa-client

Install openqa-client on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openqa-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openqa-client

How To Uninstall openqa-client on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the openqa-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openqa-client

openqa-client Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/openqa-cli
/usr/bin/openqa-client
/usr/bin/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec
/usr/bin/openqa-clone-job
/usr/bin/openqa-dump-templates
/usr/bin/openqa-load-templates
/usr/bin/openqa-validate-yaml
/usr/share/openqa
/usr/share/openqa/lib
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/Client
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/Client.pm
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/Client/Archive.pm
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/Client/Handler.pm
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/Client/Upload.pm
/usr/share/openqa/lib/OpenQA/UserAgent.pm
/usr/share/openqa/script
/usr/share/openqa/script/client
/usr/share/openqa/script/clone_job.pl
/usr/share/openqa/script/dump_templates
/usr/share/openqa/script/load_templates
/usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-cli
/usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec
/usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-clone-job
/usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-validate-yaml

References

openqa-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-client on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).