How To Install openqa-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install openqa-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. openqa-doc is automatic Operating System testing framework - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-doc on Debian 12.

What is openqa-doc

openqa-doc is:

Documentation for openQA (and the associated os-autoinst test engine), covering topics including: installation, configuration, and basic test writing.

openQA is a testing framework that allows you to run tests on pretty-much anything that you can ‘remotely’ control. For instance, a VM that can be accessed via VNC.

There are three methods to install openqa-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openqa-doc

Install openqa-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openqa-doc

Install openqa-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openqa-doc

How To Uninstall openqa-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the openqa-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openqa-doc

Uninstall openqa-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openqa-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openqa-doc

Remove openqa-doc Configurations and Data

To remove openqa-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openqa-doc

Remove openqa-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openqa-doc

Dependencies

openqa-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.