How To Install monkeyrunner on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeyrunner on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is monkeyrunner
monkeyrunner is:
The monkeyrunner tool provides an API for writing programs that control an Android device or emulator from outside of Android code. With monkeyrunner, you can write a Python program that installs an Android application or test package, runs it, sends keystrokes to it, takes screenshots of its user interface, and stores screenshots on the workstation. The monkeyrunner tool is primarily designed to test applications and devices at the functional/framework level and for running unit test suites, but you are free to use it for other purposes.
See also: https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkeyrunner/index.html
There are three methods to install monkeyrunner on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install monkeyrunner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeyrunner using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monkeyrunner
Install monkeyrunner Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeyrunner using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monkeyrunner
Install monkeyrunner 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 monkeyrunner using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monkeyrunner
How To Uninstall monkeyrunner on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the monkeyrunner package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monkeyrunner
Uninstall monkeyrunner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monkeyrunner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monkeyrunner
Remove monkeyrunner Configurations and Data
To remove monkeyrunner configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monkeyrunner
Remove monkeyrunner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monkeyrunner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monkeyrunner
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeyrunner package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
