How To Install python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7.
What is python2-pytest-xdist
The pytest-xdist plugin extends py.test with some unique test execution modes * test run parallelization can use those for a combined test run. This allows to speed up development or to use special resources of remote machines. * –boxed SEGFAULTS or otherwise dying processes * –looponfail each run py.test waits until a file in your project changes and then re-runs the previously failing tests. This is repeated until all tests pass after which again a full run is performed. * Multi-Platform coverage interpreters or different platforms and run tests in parallel on all of them.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-pytest-xdist.
Install python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python2-pytest-xdist using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-pytest-xdist
Install python2-pytest-xdist 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 python2-pytest-xdist using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-pytest-xdist
How To Uninstall python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-pytest-xdist package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-pytest-xdist
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
