How To Install lava-dispatcher on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-dispatcher on Kali Linux. lava-dispatcher is Linaro Automated Validation Architecture dispatcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-dispatcher on Kali Linux.

What is lava-dispatcher

lava-dispatcher 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 package provides lava-dispatcher to dispatch LAVA jobs to configured devices, for Python3 only.

A range of devices are supported for ARM and x86 architectures.

There are three methods to install lava-dispatcher on Kali Linux. 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-dispatcher 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-dispatcher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lava-dispatcher

Install lava-dispatcher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lava-dispatcher

Install lava-dispatcher Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lava-dispatcher

How To Uninstall lava-dispatcher on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lava-dispatcher

Uninstall lava-dispatcher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lava-dispatcher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lava-dispatcher

Remove lava-dispatcher Configurations and Data

To remove lava-dispatcher configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lava-dispatcher

Remove lava-dispatcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lava-dispatcher

Dependencies

lava-dispatcher have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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