How To Install phpunit-mock-object on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-mock-object on Debian 9. phpunit-mock-object is Mock Object library for PHPUnit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-mock-object on Debian 9.

What is phpunit-mock-object

phpunit-mock-object is:

PHPUnit_MockObject is a PHPUnit extension that provides Mock Objects for PHPUnit.

According to the PHPUnit manual “The practice of replacing an object with a test double that verifies expectations, for instance asserting that a method has been called, is refered to as mocking.”.

PHPUnit is a unit testing suite for the PHP language, modelled on the xUnit testing framework.

There are three methods to install phpunit-mock-object on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install phpunit-mock-object Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpunit-mock-object

Install phpunit-mock-object Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phpunit-mock-object using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phpunit-mock-object

Install phpunit-mock-object 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install phpunit-mock-object using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpunit-mock-object

How To Uninstall phpunit-mock-object on Debian 9

To uninstall only the phpunit-mock-object package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phpunit-mock-object

Uninstall phpunit-mock-object And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phpunit-mock-object and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpunit-mock-object

Remove phpunit-mock-object Configurations and Data

To remove phpunit-mock-object configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpunit-mock-object

Remove phpunit-mock-object configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phpunit-mock-object configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpunit-mock-object

Dependencies

phpunit-mock-object have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-mock-object package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.