# Installer cxxtest avec Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de cxxtest pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:cxxtest
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cxxtest
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install cxxtest
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: cxxtest from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install cxxtest
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cxxtest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cxxtest
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cx/cxxtest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:cxxtest
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.4
- **Résumé source:** C++ unit testing framework similar to JUnit, CppUnit and xUnit
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/CxxTest/cxxtest>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/CxxTest/cxxtest>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-28T01:06:15-04:00
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- cxxtestgen (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 4.4
## Historique du projet et usages

CxxTest is a C++ unit testing framework in the xUnit family, positioned by its README as similar in spirit to JUnit, CppUnit, and xUnit while avoiding a precompiled testing library.

### Historique du projet

The project's own release log records CxxTest releases back to 2002, with version 2.7.0 adding embedded test suites and version 2.8.0 beginning the maintained version history in early 2003. Through the 3.x line it accumulated portability work for compilers and GUI runners, then version 4.0 in 2011 moved the scripting side from Perl to Python and refreshed the installation and user guide.

### Historique d'adoption

CxxTest's adoption niche has been C++ projects that wanted generated test runners and xUnit-style assertions without forcing a separate library build or advanced C++ features. Its package-manager presence across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, and Ubuntu reflects a mature testing utility kept available for existing C++ build workflows.

### Modes d'utilisation

Typical use starts with a header declaring a CxxTest::TestSuite, then runs cxxtestgen to generate a C++ test runner that is compiled with the user's normal compiler. That generator-centric flow made it friendly to Make, SCons, and distribution packaging because the installed executable is the key tool.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

For package maintainers, CxxTest is a compact example of an older C++ test framework whose packaging value is mostly in a generator script, headers, documentation, and compatibility with many C++ compilers rather than a runtime library.

### Chronologie

- 2002: Version 2.7.0 released with embedded test suites.
- 2003: Version 2.8.0 started the recorded version history.
- 2011: Version 4.0 replaced Perl scripting with Python and introduced a refreshed user guide.
- 2014: Version 4.4 shipped Windows, SCons, and formatter fixes.

### Related projects

- CxxTest presents itself alongside JUnit, CppUnit, and xUnit-style testing frameworks.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/CxxTest/cxxtest/blob/master/README>
- <https://github.com/CxxTest/cxxtest/blob/master/Versions>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/CxxTest/cxxtest>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cxxtest>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - cxxtest - 4.4+git171022-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cxxtest from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight xUnit-like framework for C/C++ applications | https://cxxtest.com/
- Nix - cxxtest: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cx/cxxtest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cxxtest - 4.4+git171022-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cxxtest from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight xUnit-like framework for C/C++ applications | https://cxxtest.com/
- dnf - cxxtest - 4.4-44.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cxxtest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A JUnit-like testing framework for C++ | https://cxxtest.com
- dnf - cxxtest-doc - 4.4-44.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cxxtest-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation on how to use CxxTest | https://cxxtest.com


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cxxtest.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cxxtest.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
