How To Install python3-freezegun on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-freezegun on Kali Linux. python3-freezegun is Python3 library to mock the datetime module in unit testing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-freezegun on Kali Linux.

What is python3-freezegun

python3-freezegun is:

FreezeGun allows easy mocking of the datetime module by freezing the return value of the methods datetime.datetime.now(), datetime.datetime.utcnow(), datetime.date.today(), and time.time() to a fixed point in time. Use it in unit testing to make the tests deterministic and time-independent.

There are three methods to install python3-freezegun on Kali Linux. 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-freezegun 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-freezegun using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-freezegun

Install python3-freezegun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-freezegun

Install python3-freezegun Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-freezegun

How To Uninstall python3-freezegun on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-freezegun

Uninstall python3-freezegun And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-freezegun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-freezegun

Remove python3-freezegun Configurations and Data

To remove python3-freezegun configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-freezegun

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-freezegun have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-freezegun package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.