How To Install python3-fakesleep on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-fakesleep on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-fakesleep is Fake version of time.sleep() for use in tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fakesleep on Debian 10.

What is python3-fakesleep

python3-fakesleep is:

The fakesleep module helps testing code that use time.sleep(). Sleeping in tests is generally considered bad (as it makes tests run slow). Using sleep with time.time() can lead to spurious failures, as clock precision / interpreter overhead can cause small differences in reported times.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-fakesleep on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-fakesleep Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-fakesleep using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fakesleep

Install python3-fakesleep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-fakesleep using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-fakesleep

Install python3-fakesleep 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 python3-fakesleep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fakesleep

How To Uninstall python3-fakesleep on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-fakesleep package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-fakesleep

Uninstall python3-fakesleep And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-fakesleep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fakesleep

Remove python3-fakesleep Configurations and Data

To remove python3-fakesleep configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fakesleep

Remove python3-fakesleep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-fakesleep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fakesleep

Dependencies

python3-fakesleep have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fakesleep package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.