How To Install google-mock on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-mock on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is google-mock
google-mock is:
NOTE: This is a transitional package, retained for backwards compatibility. New code should use package googletest instead.
Inspired by jMock, EasyMock, and Hamcrest, and designed with C++’s specifics in mind, it can help you derive better designs of your system and write better tests.
Google Mock:
- provides a declarative syntax for defining mocks,
- can easily define partial (hybrid) mocks, which are a cross of real and mock objects,
- handles functions of arbitrary types and overloaded functions,
- comes with a rich set of matchers for validating function arguments,
- uses an intuitive syntax for controlling the behavior of a mock,
- does automatic verification of expectations (no record-and-replay needed),
- allows arbitrary (partial) ordering constraints on function calls to be expressed,
- lets a user extend it by defining new matchers and actions.
- does not use exceptions, and
- is easy to learn and use.
There are three methods to install google-mock on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install google-mock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install google-mock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install google-mock
Install google-mock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install google-mock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install google-mock
Install google-mock 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install google-mock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install google-mock
How To Uninstall google-mock on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the google-mock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove google-mock
Uninstall google-mock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall google-mock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-mock
Remove google-mock Configurations and Data
To remove google-mock configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge google-mock
Remove google-mock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove google-mock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-mock
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-mock package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
