How To Install python36-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7.

What is python36-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 python36-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python36-pytest-xdist.

Install python36-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 python36-pytest-xdist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python36-pytest-xdist

Install python36-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 python36-pytest-xdist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python36-pytest-xdist

How To Uninstall python36-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python36-pytest-xdist package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python36-pytest-xdist

References

• python36-pytest-xdist website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-pytest-xdist on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.