How To Install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8. unittest-cpp is Lightweight unit testing framework for C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is unittest-cpp

unittest-cpp is a lightweight unit testing framework for C++. Simplicity, portability, speed, and small footprint are all very important aspects of unittest-cpp.

We can use yum or dnf to install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unittest-cpp.

Install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install unittest-cpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unittest-cpp

Install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install unittest-cpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unittest-cpp

How To Uninstall unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the unittest-cpp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove unittest-cpp

unittest-cpp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/a55b32d2deb9333395814833431ccf7efeacb4
/usr/lib64/libUnitTest++.so.2
/usr/lib64/libUnitTest++.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unittest-cpp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/unittest-cpp
/usr/share/licenses/unittest-cpp/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unittest-cpp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.