How To Install lava on Debian 10

Learn how to install lava on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lava is Linaro Automated Validation Architecture metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava on Debian 10.

What is `lava`

lava is:

LAVA is a continuous integration system for deploying operating systems onto physical and virtual hardware for running tests. Tests can be simple boot testing, bootloader testing and system level testing, although extra hardware may be required for some system tests. Results are tracked over time and data can be exported for further analysis.

This metapackage brings in all LAVA components on a single machine. Some suggested packages may not be available for all architectures.

There are three methods to install lava on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lava Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lava using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lava

Install lava Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lava using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lava

Install lava Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lava using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lava

How To Uninstall lava on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove lava

Uninstall lava And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lava and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lava

Remove lava Configurations and Data

To remove lava configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lava

Remove lava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lava configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lava

Dependencies

lava have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.