How To Install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7. percona-xtrabackup-test is Test suite for Percona Xtrabackup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7.

What is percona-xtrabackup-test

This package contains the test suite for Percona Xtrabackup

We can use yum or dnf to install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install percona-xtrabackup-test.

Install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install percona-xtrabackup-test

Install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7 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 percona-xtrabackup-test using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install percona-xtrabackup-test

How To Uninstall percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove percona-xtrabackup-test

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup-test on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.