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What does software installation testing include?
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Testing software installation includes:
- Checking compliance with minimum system requirements: Ensuring the program installs and runs on machines with the declared minimum specifications.
- Testing various installation methods: Verifying installation via installer (GUI, CLI), silent install, command line, network resources.
- Update/reinstallation testing: Verifying correct update from previous versions, reinstallation of the same version, installation over an existing one.
- Uninstallation process testing: Ensuring the program is completely removed without leaving unwanted files, registry entries, or processes. Testing full and partial removal.
- Interruption/recovery during installation: Checking installer behavior when installation is interrupted (e.g., power off, window closed), then trying to resume or restart.
- Installation for different user types: Testing installation for administrators and regular users with limited rights.
- Error handling testing: Checking how installer handles situations like insufficient disk space, lack of permissions, incompatible library versions, port conflicts, incorrect input data during custom installation.
- Validation of installed files and records: Checking the presence of all necessary files, folders, shortcuts, registry entries, services, drivers after installation.
- Post-installation behavior testing: Running the program, checking core functions, log records, resource usage (memory, CPU).
- Compatibility testing with other software: Ensuring installed software does not conflict with existing software.
- Installation in various configurations: Testing on a clean system, with other OS or library versions, on virtual machines, in different OS language localizations.
The main goal is to ensure that users can easily and successfully install, update, reinstall, and remove software in various conditions and configurations, and that the product functions correctly after installation.