Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved to download TestLink tool on Windows. TestLink is hosted on SourceForge and GitHub Repository. Over the years, many open source projects have moved to repository hosting services like GitHub.

Download TestLink

We can download the TestLink tool either from GitHub or SourceForge.

#1 GitHub

Download or clone the TestLink Development Instance or any specific version from the GitHub Repository.

Open web browser like Google Chrome/ Mozilla Firefox/Microsoft Edge.

Navigate to the TestLink GitHub repository.

https://github.com/TestLinkOpenSourceTRMS/testlink-code

Choose the branch or version tag to download. GitHub is a distributed version control system. Source code can have multiple branches and tags. Many branches and tags are development.

Choose the branch or tag that is stable.

Click on the Code button.

Choose Download ZIP option to download the testlink code.

 

Detailed steps to clone the TestLink from GitHub can be found at:

https://www.testingdocs.com/testlink-dev-instance-from-github/

#2 SourceForge

Alternatively, we can also download TestLink package from SourceForge. SourceForge is an Open Source community. It provides tools and hosting services for open-source development and community engagement.

We can download the tool from the below SourceForge link::

https://sourceforge.net/projects/testlink

 

Click on the Download button to download the tool. Save the .zip file on to the computer.

Extract TestLink Contents

Locate the TestLink .zip file on the computer. Extract the TestLink package folder using the Zip utility.

On Linux based machines, we can download the .tar.gz archive file. Use the tar command to extract the contents.

Deploy the TestLink application on the server. Copy the testlink folder contents to the Apache server serving directory:

For example,

<Apache_Install_Dir>\htdocs\testlink

Incase if installing with XAMPP:

<Xampp_Install_Dir>\htdocs\testlink

IIS(Windows)
inetpub\wwwroot\testlink

Install TestLink

Windows

https://www.testingdocs.com/testlink-installation-on-windows/

Ubuntu Linux

https://www.testingdocs.com/testlink-install-on-linux/

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TestLink Tutorials

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https://www.testingdocs.com/testlink-tutorials/

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