How To Install python-testresources on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testresources on Debian 9.
What is python-testresources
python-testresources is:
PyUnit extension to manage the initialisation and lifetime of expensive test fixtures.
For example reference databases are often only need to be constructed once but standard test isolation causes them to be constructed for every fixture, making test execution very slow.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-testresources 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-testresources 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-testresources using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-testresources
Install python-testresources Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-testresources using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-testresources
Install python-testresources 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-testresources using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-testresources
How To Uninstall python-testresources on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-testresources package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-testresources
Uninstall python-testresources And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-testresources and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-testresources
Remove python-testresources Configurations and Data
To remove python-testresources configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-testresources
Remove python-testresources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-testresources configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-testresources
Dependencies
python-testresources have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testresources package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
