How To Install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8. lua-lunit is Unit testing framework for Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lua-lunit

Lunit is a unit testing framework for lua, written in lua. Lunit provides 26 assert functions, and a few misc functions for usage in an easy unit testing framework. Lunit comes with a test suite to test itself. The testsuite consists of approximately 710 assertions.

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-lunit.

Install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua-lunit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-lunit

Install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install lua-lunit

How To Uninstall lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lua-lunit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lua-lunit

lua-lunit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/lunit
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/DOCUMENTATION
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/README
/usr/share/doc/lua-lunit/example.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.2/lunit-console.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.2/lunit.lua

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lunit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.