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

[MialLewis]

We must test both the .dmg installer package and install direct from conda.

• To install via conda:
  • Use Intel Conda and make sure conda-forge is added to channels

mamba create -n mantid_rc1 -c mantid/label/v6.8.0rc1 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.

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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

• 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

• Check that Mantid boots up correctly

[MialLewis]

Dirty install working

[MialLewis]

Clean install working