How To Install openqa on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa on Debian 12.
What is openqa
openqa is:
openQA is a testing framework that allows you to run tests on pretty-much anything that you can get ‘remote’ control of (most often, anything you can run in a VM and point VNC at). This allows testing of things including GUI applications, system boot-up (BIOS, bootloaders, kernels), installers and whole operating systems.
Tests (using Perl syntax) generally consist mostly of sequences of code like: assert_and_click ‘some_icon’; assert_screen ‘some_prompt’; send_key ‘ret’; which are run using the os-autoinst test engine, by a worker. The tags named in scripts can then be associated with ’needles’ (elements of screenshots) via the webUI (either from past tests, or while controlling a live test). Other testing possibilities include: serial-connected headless systems, multi-host networked tests, and non-VM ‘real’ systems.
This package includes the job scheduler, the elements providing the services to allow workers to run tests and upload results, and the Web-based user interface.
There are three methods to install openqa on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openqa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openqa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openqa
Install openqa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openqa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openqa
Install openqa 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 openqa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openqa
How To Uninstall openqa on Debian 12
To uninstall only the openqa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openqa
Uninstall openqa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openqa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openqa
Remove openqa Configurations and Data
To remove openqa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openqa
Remove openqa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openqa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openqa
Dependencies
openqa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
