How To Install python-mocker on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mocker on Debian 9.
What is python-mocker
python-mocker is:
Mocker provides an API for mocking Python objects in unit tests. Mocker provides graceful creation of test doubles (mocks, stubs, fakes, and dummies) for Python testing needs.
There are three methods to install python-mocker 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-mocker 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-mocker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mocker
Install python-mocker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mocker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mocker
Install python-mocker 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-mocker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mocker
How To Uninstall python-mocker on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-mocker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mocker
Uninstall python-mocker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mocker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mocker
Remove python-mocker Configurations and Data
To remove python-mocker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mocker
Remove python-mocker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mocker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mocker
Dependencies
python-mocker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mocker package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
