How To Install python3-unittest2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-unittest2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-unittest2 is backport of the enhanced unittest testing framework - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-unittest2 on Debian 10.

What is python3-unittest2

python3-unittest2 is:

unittest2 is an enhanced version of unittest including a standard test runner (automatic test discovery), class and module level fixtures (setUpClass / setUpModule etc), many powerful new assert methods, better resource management with addCleanups and a host of other new features. These new features are all going into the Python version of unittest in Python 2.7 and Python 3.2. The point of unittest2 is that it works with Python 2.4 - 2.6; you can use it now.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-unittest2 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-unittest2 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-unittest2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-unittest2

Install python3-unittest2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-unittest2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-unittest2

Install python3-unittest2 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-unittest2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-unittest2

How To Uninstall python3-unittest2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-unittest2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-unittest2

Uninstall python3-unittest2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-unittest2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-unittest2

Remove python3-unittest2 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-unittest2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-unittest2

Remove python3-unittest2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-unittest2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-unittest2

Dependencies

python3-unittest2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-unittest2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.