2 Installation

2.1 Linux

Packages for several distributions are provided via the openSUSE Build Service. They pull in the required libraries PdCom, QtPdCom and QtPdWidgets automatically.

The package also registers the MIME type for layout files (*.tml) and a desktop entry, so layout files can be opened by double-clicking them in a file manager.

2.1.1 openSUSE (RPM-based)

Add the EtherLab RPM repository:

sudo zypper ar \
    https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science:/EtherLab/15.6 \
    etherlab

You are now asked, if you trust the repository key. Then install Testmanager and the PdServ example (later used for demonstration):

sudo zypper in pdserv-example testmanager-ng

2.1.2 Debian (deb-based)

Add the EtherLab repository to sources.list:

export KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/etherlab.gpg
export REPO=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science:/EtherLab/Debian_13
curl -fsSL "$REPO/Release.key" | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee "$KEYRING" >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=$KEYRING] $REPO/ ./" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/etherlab.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Then install Testmanager and the PdServ example (later used for demonstration):

sudo apt-get install libpdserv3-example testmanager-ng

2.2 Windows

For Windows, Testmanager is provided as a ZIP archive, which can be downloaded from GitLab.

Therfore go to GitLab and click on the blue "Download for Windows" button:

There is no installer. Instead you can just extract the downloaded archive and start the binary from the extraxted folder:

1. Download the ZIP archive.
2. Extract the complete archive to a local directory.
3. Start testmanager.exe from the extracted directory.

You can the for example create a shortcut by dragging the binary (testmanager.exe) to your desktop with the right mouse button.

2.3 Building from source

See the README.md file in the source tree for build instructions.

2.4 Command line

testmanager [OPTIONS] [LAYOUT]