How To Install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7. cmockery2-devel is Lightweight C unit testing framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7.

What is cmockery2-devel

Cmockery tests are compiled into a stand-alone executable and linked with the Cmockery library, the standard C library and module being tested. Any symbols external to the module being tested should be mocked - replaced with functions that return values determined by the test - within the test application. Even though significant differences may exist between the target execution environment of a code module and the environment used to test the code the unit testing is still valid since its goal is to test the logic of a code modules at a functional level and not necessarily all of its interactions with the target execution environment. Other features * Lightweight C Unit test with mocking support * JUnit XML report output which can be used with Jenkins * Provides design-by-contract support This project is a successor of http Google’s http Package provides necessary headers for C unit test development

We can use yum or dnf to install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cmockery2-devel.

Install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cmockery2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmockery2-devel

Install cmockery2-devel 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 cmockery2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmockery2-devel

How To Uninstall cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cmockery2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmockery2-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmockery2-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.