How To Install python-nose-testconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nose-testconfig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-nose-testconfig
python-nose-testconfig is:
nose-testconfig is a plugin to the nose test framework which provides a faculty for passing test-specific (or test-run specific) configuration data to the tests being executed.
Currently configuration files in the following formats are supported:
- YAML (via python-yaml)
- INI (via ConfigParser)
- Pure Python (via Exec)
- JSON
The plugin is meant to be flexible, ergo the support of exec’ing arbitrary Python files as configuration files with no checks. The default format is assumed to be ConfigParser ini-style format.
The plugin provides a method of overriding certain parameters from the command line (assuming that the main “config” object is a dict) and can easily have additional parsers added to it.
A configuration file may not be provided. In this case, the config object is an emtpy dict. Any command line “overriding” parameters will be added to the dict.
There are three methods to install python-nose-testconfig 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-nose-testconfig 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-nose-testconfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nose-testconfig
Install python-nose-testconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nose-testconfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nose-testconfig
Install python-nose-testconfig 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-nose-testconfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nose-testconfig
How To Uninstall python-nose-testconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-nose-testconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nose-testconfig
Uninstall python-nose-testconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nose-testconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nose-testconfig
Remove python-nose-testconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python-nose-testconfig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nose-testconfig
Remove python-nose-testconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nose-testconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nose-testconfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nose-testconfig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
