How To Install check on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install check on Rocky Linux 8. check is A unit test framework for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install check on Rocky Linux 8.

What is check

Check is a unit test framework for C. It features a simple interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the developer. Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within source code editors and IDEs.

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

Install check on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install check

Install check on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install check using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install check

How To Uninstall check on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove check

check Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/7dd1406617cdb137249d4a0e5470431ab6b57b
/usr/lib/libcheck.so.0
/usr/lib/libcheck.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/check
/usr/share/doc/check/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/check/ChangeLog
/usr/share/info/check.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/check
/usr/share/licenses/check/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/43f7114aaaf0143a449be84eb20e81972fe59e
/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcheck.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/check
/usr/share/doc/check/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/check/ChangeLog
/usr/share/info/check.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/check
/usr/share/licenses/check/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install check on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.