How To Install python-fixtures on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fixtures on Debian 9. python-fixtures is PyUnit extension for defining test fixtures outside of test cases - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fixtures on Debian 9.

What is python-fixtures

python-fixtures is:

A PyUnit extension for defining test fixtures outside of test cases. Each fixture encapsulates creating, reusing and freeing some state - be that a temporary directory on disk, SQL server connection, or just a particular object graph. This is extremely useful for testing and general resource management.

Fixtures ships with the base class, unittest glue and a number of precanned concrete fixtures.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-fixtures 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 python-fixtures Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-fixtures

Install python-fixtures Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fixtures

Install python-fixtures 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 python-fixtures using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-fixtures

How To Uninstall python-fixtures on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-fixtures package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-fixtures

Uninstall python-fixtures And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fixtures

Remove python-fixtures Configurations and Data

To remove python-fixtures configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fixtures

Remove python-fixtures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fixtures

Dependencies

python-fixtures have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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