How To Install python-nosexcover on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-nosexcover on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-nosexcover is Add Cobertura-style XML coverage report to nose (Python2 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nosexcover on Debian 10.

What is python-nosexcover

python-nosexcover is:

A companion to the built-in nose.plugins.cover, this plugin will write out an XML coverage report to a file named coverage.xml.

It will honor all the options you pass to the Nose coverage plugin, especially –cover-package.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the module.

There are three methods to install python-nosexcover on Debian 10. 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-nosexcover 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-nosexcover using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-nosexcover

Install python-nosexcover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-nosexcover

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-nosexcover

How To Uninstall python-nosexcover on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-nosexcover

Uninstall python-nosexcover And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-nosexcover and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nosexcover

Remove python-nosexcover Configurations and Data

To remove python-nosexcover configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-nosexcover

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-nosexcover have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nosexcover package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.