How To Install bats-assert on Debian 12
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.