How To Install btest on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install btest on Debian 11. btest is simple driver for basic unit tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btest on Debian 11.

What is btest

btest is:

“btest” is a simple framework for writing unit tests. Freely borrowing some ideas from other packages, it’s main objective is to provide an easy-to-use, straightforward driver for a suite of shell-based tests. Each test consists of a set of command lines that will be executed, and success is determined based on their exit codes. “btest” comes with some additional tools that can be used within such tests to compare output against a previously established baseline.

There are three methods to install btest on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install btest Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install btest

Install btest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install btest using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install btest

Install btest 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 btest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install btest

How To Uninstall btest on Debian 11

To uninstall only the btest package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove btest

Uninstall btest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall btest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove btest

Remove btest Configurations and Data

To remove btest configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge btest

Remove btest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge btest

Dependencies

btest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install btest package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.