How To Install clitest on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install clitest on CentOS 8. clitest is Command Line Tester

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clitest on CentOS 8.

What is clitest

clitest is a portable POSIX shell script that performs automatic testing in \ Unix command lines. It’s the same concept as in Python’s doctest module commands and their expected output, using the familiar interactive prompt \ format, and a specialized tool tests them.

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

Install clitest on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install clitest

Install clitest on CentOS 8 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 clitest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clitest

How To Uninstall clitest on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove clitest

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clitest on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.