How To Install mockery on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mockery on Ubuntu 22.04. mockery is mock code autogenerator for Golang

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mockery on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mockery

mockery is:

Mockery provides the ability to easily generate mocks for golang interfaces. It removes the boilerplate coding required to use mocks.

There are three methods to install mockery on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mockery Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mockery using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mockery

Install mockery Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mockery using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mockery

Install mockery 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 mockery using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mockery

How To Uninstall mockery on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mockery package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mockery

Uninstall mockery And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mockery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mockery

Remove mockery Configurations and Data

To remove mockery configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mockery

Remove mockery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mockery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mockery

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mockery package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.