How To Install libdbd-mock-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-mock-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdbd-mock-perl
libdbd-mock-perl is:
Testing with databases can be tricky. If you are developing a system married to a single database then you can make some assumptions about your environment and ask the user to provide relevant connection information. But if you need to test a framework that uses DBI, particularly a framework that uses different types of persistence schemes, then it may be more useful to simply verify what the framework is trying to do – ensure the right SQL is generated and that the correct parameters are bound. DBD::Mock makes it easy to just modify your configuration (presumably held outside your code) and just use it instead of DBD::Foo (like DBD::Pg or DBD::mysql) in your framework.
There are three methods to install libdbd-mock-perl 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 libdbd-mock-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-mock-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdbd-mock-perl
Install libdbd-mock-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-mock-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdbd-mock-perl
Install libdbd-mock-perl 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 libdbd-mock-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdbd-mock-perl
How To Uninstall libdbd-mock-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdbd-mock-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdbd-mock-perl
Uninstall libdbd-mock-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdbd-mock-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbd-mock-perl
Remove libdbd-mock-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdbd-mock-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdbd-mock-perl
Remove libdbd-mock-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdbd-mock-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbd-mock-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-mock-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
