How To Install python-freezegun on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-freezegun on Debian 9.
What is python-freezegun
python-freezegun is:
FreezeGun allows easy mocking of the datetime module by freezing the return value of the methods datetime.datetime.now(), datetime.datetime.utcnow(), datetime.date.today(), and time.time() to a fixed point in time. Use it in unit testing to make the tests deterministic and time-independent.
There are three methods to install python-freezegun 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-freezegun 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-freezegun using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-freezegun
Install python-freezegun Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-freezegun using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-freezegun
Install python-freezegun 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-freezegun using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-freezegun
How To Uninstall python-freezegun on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-freezegun package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-freezegun
Uninstall python-freezegun And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-freezegun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-freezegun
Remove python-freezegun Configurations and Data
To remove python-freezegun configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-freezegun
Remove python-freezegun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-freezegun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-freezegun
Dependencies
python-freezegun have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-freezegun package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
