Linux Clean/Dirty Install Smoke Tests :soap: :hankey:

[koshchii]

• To install the tar.xz package for Linux, run (sudo) tar -xJf mantid-VA.B.C.tar.xz in a terminal and it will unzip the package in your current working directory.
• To install via conda:
  • Use Intel Conda and make sure conda-forge is added to channels

    mamba create -n mantid_rc1 -c mantid/label/v6.10.0rc1 mantidworkbench --yes
    mamba activate mantid_rc1
    workbench # to launch

Before testing:

• Check this testing issue relates to the OS you will test on.
• If unassigned, please assign yourself as for a normal Github issue.
• Please run these tests on the release package of Mantid; not a locally built version.

Afterwards:

• Comment below with any issues you came across.
• If no major issues were found, please close this testing issue.
• Check the main issue for this OS for other unassigned smoke tests.

If you have any questions please contact the creator of this issue.

:soap: :hankey:

Dirty install

• Make sure that you have several versions of Mantid installed
  • Last release
  • A nightly
  • If possible an old release
• Install the new release candidate of Mantid
• [x] Check that Mantid boots up correctly

Clean install

• Remove all existing Mantid versions and associated files

On Windows:

• Uninstall the program
• Clear shortcuts from desktop
• Remove the mantid files in %APPDATA%

On macOS :

• Remove the application
• Remove the ~/.mantid directory
• Remove (or rename) ~/Library/Preferences/org.python.python.Python.plist and ~/Library/Preferences/org.python.python.plist

On Linux :

• Remove the package: /opt/Mantid
• Remove ~/.config/Mantid
• Remove ~/.mantid/

Re-install the new release candidate of Mantid

• [x] Check that Mantid boots up correctly

[cailafinn]

Working as expected. Installed and started properly with conda & non-conda versions.