How To Install python-txfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04. python-txfixtures is Twisted integration with Python test fixtures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-txfixtures

python-txfixtures is:

The txfixtures package hooks into the Python testtools “test fixture” interface, allowing you to write integration tests that rely on having external Twisted service processes (or other types of service processes or external resources in general) and possibly interact with them using blocking APIs from test cases, that will run asynchronously in the background.

This package provides the Python 2.x modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-txfixtures

Install python-txfixtures Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-txfixtures

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-txfixtures

How To Uninstall python-txfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-txfixtures

Uninstall python-txfixtures And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-txfixtures and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-txfixtures

Remove python-txfixtures Configurations and Data

To remove python-txfixtures configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-txfixtures

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txfixtures package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.