How To Install cucumber on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cucumber on Debian 9. cucumber is acceptance testing framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cucumber on Debian 9.

What is cucumber

cucumber is:

Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific language and serves as documentation, automated tests and development-aid - all rolled into one format.

There are three methods to install cucumber 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 cucumber Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cucumber

Install cucumber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cucumber

Install cucumber 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 cucumber using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cucumber

How To Uninstall cucumber on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cucumber

Uninstall cucumber And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cucumber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cucumber

Remove cucumber Configurations and Data

To remove cucumber configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cucumber

Remove cucumber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cucumber

Dependencies

cucumber have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cucumber package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.