How To Install mysql-test on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-test on CentOS 8. mysql-test is The test suite distributed with MySQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-test on CentOS 8.

What is mysql-test

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This package contains the regression test suite distributed with the MySQL sources.

We can use yum or dnf to install mysql-test on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mysql-test.

Install mysql-test on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mysql-test

Install mysql-test on CentOS 8 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 mysql-test using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mysql-test

How To Uninstall mysql-test on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mysql-test package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mysql-test

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-test on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.