How To Install plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9. plainbox-provider-checkbox is CheckBox provider for PlainBox

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9.

What is plainbox-provider-checkbox

plainbox-provider-checkbox is:

This package provides the CheckBox jobs collection, i.e the hardware test definitions and scripts originally included with CheckBox. It is used together alongside with PlainBox.

Jobs are smallest units of testing that can be performed by PlainBox. All jobs have an unique name. There are many types of jobs, some are fully automated others are fully manual.

There are three methods to install plainbox-provider-checkbox 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 plainbox-provider-checkbox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox

Install plainbox-provider-checkbox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plainbox-provider-checkbox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox

Install plainbox-provider-checkbox 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 plainbox-provider-checkbox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox

How To Uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9

To uninstall only the plainbox-provider-checkbox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plainbox-provider-checkbox

Uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plainbox-provider-checkbox

Remove plainbox-provider-checkbox Configurations and Data

To remove plainbox-provider-checkbox configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plainbox-provider-checkbox

Remove plainbox-provider-checkbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove plainbox-provider-checkbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plainbox-provider-checkbox

Dependencies

plainbox-provider-checkbox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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