How To Install python-freezegun on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-freezegun
on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-freezegun
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.