Linux Workspace/Algorithm Smoke Tests 👨‍🚀 👩‍🚀 👾

[sf1919]

• 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 test_mantid_6.6
mamba activate test_mantid_6.6
mamba install -c mantid/label/rc1 mantidworkbench --yes
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.

👨‍🚀 👩‍🚀 👾

• Load some workspaces, try 5 from different instruments
• Show detectors on these workspaces
• Check Instrument Viewer for these workspaces, follow documentation for Instrument Viewer Widget and some more detail on the picking tools in the Basic Course
  • Render tab
  • Draw tab
  • Pick tab
  • Instrument tree tab
• Test 5 - 10 random algorithms, follow how to run Algorithms and pick your favourite

• Help button
• Validation of inputs
• Overwriting workspace
• Run the algorithm
• Check right-click options of the workspaces, they are listed in the documentation.

[MialLewis]

When loading workspaces came across #34820