How To Install libcpputest-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpputest-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcpputest-dev
libcpputest-dev is:
CppUTest is a C/C++ based unit xUnit test framework for unit testing and for test-driving your code. It is written in C++ but is used in C and C++ projects and frequently used in embedded systems.
CppUTest has a couple design principles:
- Simple to use and small
- Portable to old and new platforms
CppUTest also has support for building mocks and can be used by practitioners of Test Driven Development.
This is the package with the headers and the static libraries implementing the test framework.
There are three methods to install libcpputest-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcpputest-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpputest-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcpputest-dev
Install libcpputest-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpputest-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcpputest-dev
Install libcpputest-dev 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 libcpputest-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcpputest-dev
How To Uninstall libcpputest-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcpputest-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcpputest-dev
Uninstall libcpputest-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcpputest-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpputest-dev
Remove libcpputest-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcpputest-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcpputest-dev
Remove libcpputest-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcpputest-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpputest-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpputest-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.