How To Install python-pytest-timeout on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pytest-timeout on Debian 9.
What is python-pytest-timeout
python-pytest-timeout is:
This is a plugin which will terminate tests after a certain timeout. When doing so it will show a stack dump of all threads running at the time. This is useful when running tests under a continuous integration server or simply if you don??t know why the test suite hangs.
Note that while by default on POSIX systems py.test will continue to execute the tests after a test has timed, out this is not always possible. Often the only sure way to interrupt a hanging test is by terminating the entire process. As this is a hard termination (os._exit()) it will result in no teardown, JUnit XML output etc. But the plugin will ensure you will have the debugging output on stderr nevertheless, which is the most important part at this stage. See below for detailed information on the timeout methods and their side-effects.
The pytest-timeout plugin has been tested on Python 2.6 or higher, including 3.X and pypy.
This package provides support for Python 2.X.
There are three methods to install python-pytest-timeout 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-pytest-timeout 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-pytest-timeout using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pytest-timeout
Install python-pytest-timeout Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pytest-timeout using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pytest-timeout
Install python-pytest-timeout 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-pytest-timeout using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pytest-timeout
How To Uninstall python-pytest-timeout on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pytest-timeout package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pytest-timeout
Uninstall python-pytest-timeout And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pytest-timeout and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pytest-timeout
Remove python-pytest-timeout Configurations and Data
To remove python-pytest-timeout configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pytest-timeout
Remove python-pytest-timeout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pytest-timeout configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pytest-timeout
Dependencies
python-pytest-timeout have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pytest-timeout package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
