How To Install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8. python2-mock is A Python Mocking and Patching Library for Testing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python2-mock`

Mock is a Python module that provides a core mock class. It removes the need to create a host of stubs throughout your test suite. After performing an action, you can make assertions about which methods / attributes were used and arguments they were called with. You can also specify return values and set

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-mock.

Install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python2-mock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-mock

Install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python2-mock using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-mock

How To Uninstall python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-mock package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-mock

python2-mock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info/pbr.json
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock-2.0.0-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/mock.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/mock.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mock/mock.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-mock
/usr/share/doc/python2-mock/changelog.txt
/usr/share/doc/python2-mock/conf.py
/usr/share/doc/python2-mock/index.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python2-mock
/usr/share/licenses/python2-mock/LICENSE.txt

References

python2-mock website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-mock on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.