How To Install python-flexmock on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flexmock on Debian 9. python-flexmock is Mock/Stub/Spy library for Python

Introduction

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

What is python-flexmock

python-flexmock is:

flexmock is a testing library for Python that makes it easy to create mocks, stubs and fakes.

The API is inspired by a Ruby library of the same name, but Python flexmock is not a clone of the Ruby version. It omits a number of redundancies in the Ruby flexmock API, alters some defaults, and introduces a number of Python-only features.

flexmock’s design focuses on simplicity and intuitiveness. This means that the API is as lean as possible, though a few convenient short-hand methods are provided to aid brevity and readability.

flexmock declarations are structured to read more like English sentences than API calls, and it is possible to chain them together in any order to achieve high degree of expressiveness in a single line of code.

This package contains the Python 2.x version of flexmock.

There are three methods to install python-flexmock 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-flexmock 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-flexmock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-flexmock

Install python-flexmock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-flexmock

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-flexmock

How To Uninstall python-flexmock on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-flexmock

Uninstall python-flexmock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flexmock

Remove python-flexmock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-flexmock

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-flexmock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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