How To Install python-rosunit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosunit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rosunit
python-rosunit is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). python-rosunit is a lower-level library for rostest and handles unit tests, whereas rostest handles integration tests. It’s an internal tool for running unit tests within ROS. While it can be run by a regular user, most users will generally use rosunit indirectly via rosbuild test macros.
There are three methods to install python-rosunit 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-rosunit 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-rosunit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rosunit
Install python-rosunit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rosunit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rosunit
Install python-rosunit 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-rosunit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rosunit
How To Uninstall python-rosunit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rosunit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rosunit
Uninstall python-rosunit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rosunit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosunit
Remove python-rosunit Configurations and Data
To remove python-rosunit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosunit
Remove python-rosunit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rosunit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosunit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosunit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
