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gtest


Information about the package, gtest, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gtest package is designed for, Google C++ testing framework.


Package Name:

gtest

Summary:

Google C++ testing framework

Description:

Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows CE, and Symbian). Based on the xUnit architecture. Supports automatic test discovery, a rich set of assertions, user-defined assertions, death tests, fatal and non-fatal failures, various options for running the tests, and XML test report generation.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.5.0

Release:

5.el6

Size:

97 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for gtest


Control the gtest package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gtest

This command will install gtest on the server.

yum remove gtest

This command will un-install gtest on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gtest, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gtest

This command will un-install gtest on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gtest when using the -y flag.

yum update gtest

This command will update gtest to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gtest, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gtest

This command will update gtest to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gtest when using the -y flag.

yum info gtest

This command will show you core information about the gtest package.

yum deplist gtest

This command will show you the dependencies for gtest. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update gtest

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gtest. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.