How To Install python-testtools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testtools on Debian 9. python-testtools is Extensions to the Python unittest library - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testtools on Debian 9.

What is python-testtools

python-testtools is:

testtools (formerly pyunit3k) is a set of extensions to the Python standard library’s unit testing framework. These extensions have been derived from years of experience with unit testing in Python and come from many different sources. It’s hoped that these extensions will make their way into the standard library eventually. Also included are backports from Python trunk of unittest features that are not otherwise available to existing unittest users.

This package contains the libraries for Python 2.x.

There are three methods to install python-testtools 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-testtools 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-testtools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-testtools

Install python-testtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-testtools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-testtools

How To Uninstall python-testtools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-testtools

Uninstall python-testtools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-testtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-testtools

Remove python-testtools Configurations and Data

To remove python-testtools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-testtools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-testtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testtools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.