How To Install googletest-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install googletest-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is googletest-tools
googletest-tools is:
This package provides tools to be used with Google Test and/or Google Mock.
There are three methods to install googletest-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install googletest-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install googletest-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install googletest-tools
Install googletest-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install googletest-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install googletest-tools
Install googletest-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install googletest-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install googletest-tools
How To Uninstall googletest-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the googletest-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove googletest-tools
Uninstall googletest-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall googletest-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove googletest-tools
Remove googletest-tools Configurations and Data
To remove googletest-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge googletest-tools
Remove googletest-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove googletest-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge googletest-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install googletest-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
