How To Install bats-assert on Debian 12

Learn how to install bats-assert on Debian 12 with this tutorial. bats-assert is Helper library providing common assertions for Bats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bats-assert on Debian 12.

What is bats-assert

bats-assert is:

bats-assert provides various ready-made assertions that can be used to make Bats tests simpler to understand and to debug.

For example:

  • assert_success: exit status is 0.
  • assert_output: output contains given content.
  • assert_line: a specific line of output contains given content.

There are three methods to install bats-assert on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bats-assert Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bats-assert

Install bats-assert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bats-assert

Install bats-assert 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 bats-assert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bats-assert

How To Uninstall bats-assert on Debian 12

To uninstall only the bats-assert package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bats-assert

Uninstall bats-assert And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bats-assert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bats-assert

Remove bats-assert Configurations and Data

To remove bats-assert configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bats-assert

Remove bats-assert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bats-assert

Dependencies

bats-assert have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bats-assert package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.