How To Install hspec-discover on Debian 12

Learn how to install hspec-discover on Debian 12 with this tutorial. hspec-discover is Automatically discover and run Hspec tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hspec-discover on Debian 12.

What is hspec-discover

hspec-discover is:

It is a useful convention to have one spec file for each source file. That way it is straightforward to find the corresponding spec for a given piece of code. But it requires error prone, and neither challenging nor interesting boiler plate code. So it should be automated. Hspec provides a solution for that. It makes creative use of GHC’s support for custom preprocessors. The developer only has to create a test driver that contains a single line.

A complete example is at https://github.com/hspec/hspec-example.

There are three methods to install hspec-discover 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 hspec-discover Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hspec-discover

Install hspec-discover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hspec-discover

Install hspec-discover 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 hspec-discover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hspec-discover

How To Uninstall hspec-discover on Debian 12

To uninstall only the hspec-discover package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hspec-discover

Uninstall hspec-discover And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hspec-discover

Remove hspec-discover Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hspec-discover

Remove hspec-discover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hspec-discover

Dependencies

hspec-discover have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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