How To Install openqa-worker on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-worker on Debian 12.
What is openqa-worker
openqa-worker 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 of little more than sequences 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 is to be installed on a worker system (which may also be acting as a server). Workers register with a server (or perhaps multiple servers), and can then accept jobs, and run tests (using the os-autoinst test engine).
There are three methods to install openqa-worker 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-worker 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-worker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openqa-worker
Install openqa-worker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openqa-worker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openqa-worker
Install openqa-worker 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-worker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openqa-worker
How To Uninstall openqa-worker on Debian 12
To uninstall only the openqa-worker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openqa-worker
Uninstall openqa-worker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openqa-worker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openqa-worker
Remove openqa-worker Configurations and Data
To remove openqa-worker configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openqa-worker
Remove openqa-worker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openqa-worker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openqa-worker
Dependencies
openqa-worker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openqa-worker package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
