How To Install ldtp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldtp
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ldtp
ldtp is:
Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test automation framework and cutting-edge tools that can be used to test GNU/Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the Accessibility libraries to poke through the applications user interface.
There are three methods to install ldtp
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 ldtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldtp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldtp
Install ldtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldtp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldtp
Install ldtp 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 ldtp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldtp
How To Uninstall ldtp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ldtp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldtp
Uninstall ldtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldtp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldtp
Remove ldtp Configurations and Data
To remove ldtp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldtp
Remove ldtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldtp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldtp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldtp
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.