How To Install atheist on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atheist on Debian 9.
What is atheist
atheist is:
Atheist allows you to specify the behaviour of your tests in a declarative way using many predefined structures (such as Task, Conditions, Daemons, etc.) and provides detailed statistics.
The programmer describes the test behaviour in a .test file and atheist runs every test found. It is possible to check and prepare the system by writing setup and teardown files that are executed after and before each test.
There are three methods to install atheist on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install atheist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atheist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atheist
Install atheist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atheist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atheist
Install atheist 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 atheist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atheist
How To Uninstall atheist on Debian 9
To uninstall only the atheist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atheist
Uninstall atheist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atheist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atheist
Remove atheist Configurations and Data
To remove atheist configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atheist
Remove atheist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atheist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atheist
Dependencies
atheist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atheist package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.