How To Install autotest-framework on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autotest-framework on CentOS 7.
What is autotest-framework
Autotest is a framework for fully automated testing. It is designed primarily to test the Linux kernel, though it is useful for many other functions such as qualifying new hardware. It’s an open-source project under the GPL and is used and developed by a number of organizations, including Google, IBM, and many others. The autotest package provides the client harness capable of running autotest jobs on a single system.
We can use yum or dnf to install autotest-framework on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autotest-framework.
Install autotest-framework on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install autotest-framework using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install autotest-framework
Install autotest-framework on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install autotest-framework using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install autotest-framework
How To Uninstall autotest-framework on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the autotest-framework package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove autotest-framework
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autotest-framework on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.