How To Install libcmocka on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka on CentOS 7.
What is libcmocka
There are a variety of C unit testing frameworks available however many of them are fairly complex and require the latest compiler technology. Some development requires the use of old compilers which makes it difficult to use some unit testing frameworks. In addition many unit testing frameworks assume the code being tested is an application or module that is targeted to the same platform that will ultimately execute the test. Because of this assumption many frameworks require the inclusion of standard C library headers in the code module being tested which may collide with the custom or incomplete implementation of the C library utilized by the code under test. CMocka only requires a test application is linked with the standard C library which minimizes conflicts with standard C library headers. Also, CMocka tries to avoid the use of some of the newer features of C compilers. This results in CMocka being a relatively small library that can be used to test a variety of exotic code. If a developer wishes to simply test an application with the latest compiler then other unit testing frameworks may be preferable. This is the successor of Google’s Cmockery.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcmocka on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcmocka.
Install libcmocka on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libcmocka using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcmocka
Install libcmocka 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 libcmocka using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcmocka
How To Uninstall libcmocka on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libcmocka package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcmocka
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
