How To Install libjs-sinon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sinon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-sinon
libjs-sinon is:
It is a really helpful library when you want to unit test your code. It supports spies, stubs, and mocks.
This package is extracted from sinon-rails ruby gem.
There are three methods to install libjs-sinon 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 libjs-sinon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-sinon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-sinon
Install libjs-sinon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-sinon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-sinon
Install libjs-sinon 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 libjs-sinon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-sinon
How To Uninstall libjs-sinon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-sinon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-sinon
Uninstall libjs-sinon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-sinon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-sinon
Remove libjs-sinon Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-sinon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-sinon
Remove libjs-sinon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-sinon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-sinon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sinon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
