This blog is all about Gear Up for Test automation in Ubuntu. As this will help you in machine setup for automation.
Prerequisites
- An Ubuntu 20.04 VPS (we’ll be using our SSD 2 VPS plan)
- Access to the root user account (or access to an admin account with root privileges)
How to download and install Java/JDK on Ubuntu using the deb package?
- Click on the link to go to Java SE Downloads. https://www.oracle.com/in/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html
- Click on the download button to download JDK.
- Scroll down to the page to download JDK package for Ubuntu. Choose the .deb package for Linux x64 and download.
How to configure Java on your system?
- Check if Java is already installed in command prompt
| java -version |
- Go to the location where we have downloaded the java files. Copy the path and paste in the terminal. Now type the command cd JavaFileLocation
- Type the below command to install the package.
| sudo dpkg –i packagename |
- After the installation has been finished. Run the commands given below to configure Java 12.0.1 as the default on Ubuntu. The commands below configure Ubuntu to use Java alternatives.
| sudo update-alternatives –config java |
- The below command should get Java installed and configured.
| sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-14.0.1/bin/java 1 |
- Check if Java has been installed or not.
| javac –version |
How to set Java Environment Variables?
- We have to set the Java environment variables. We have to find the location where java has been installed. Type the below command in terminal.
| sudo update-alternatives –config java |
- Now we have to go to the environment variable path.
| sudo gedit /etc/environment |
- Set JAVA_HOME by copying the above path.
- Check JAVA_HOME is set
Congratulations! You’ve just successfully installed Java/JDK 14.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
How to install Intellij in Ubuntu machine?
- We have to install Intellij
- Download the community version
- In the terminal find Intellij.
| snap find “intellij” |
- Install Intellij community version
| sudo snap install intellij-idea-community –classic |
- We can check after installation.
IntelliJ IDEA has installed successfully, we can access it from the Application Manager.
Congratulations!! You are ready to start automation testing
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