John.iwt
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John.iwt replied on the discussion topic Run ELGG unit tests- John.iwt replied on the discussion topic Run ELGG unit tests
First of all you might better install Elgg from scratch using composer. For Elgg 2 the instructions to install from command line are to be found at https://learn.elgg.org/en/2.3/intro/install.html#upload-elgg. The "composer global require ..." command is no longer necessary on Elgg 3 so you might not have executed it yet.
I've never used the unit test, so I'm not sure what else might be necessary to get it working. But I would guess that you might need to call composer with the --require-dev parameter to get the dev dependencies installed (as mentioned in the error message you posted).
Unfortunately, I need to use Elgg 2.3 because is the version implemented for my solution, and I am not thinking of migrating to Elgg 3 yet I am afraid.
Please check if you can't upgrade to Elgg 3.x soon because hopefully in Q2 we'll release Elgg 4 and than the support for Elgg 2.3 will drop.
Just so you know.
After the installation, Elgg is running fine. I have activated the "Develop tool" and I went to the "Unit test" section from the right panel.
Don't try to run the unit tests from the site always use the command line. Don't ask why it was implemented as an option on the site. This option has been removed in Elgg 3 and you can only run the unit tests from the command line.
Thanks, guys for your answers.
I will try the installation from scratch for Elgg 2.3 by using composer as suggested by @iionly and let you know.
I will also consider @Jerome answer to not use the option from the site. And also the option of migrating to Elgg 3 soon.