How To Install libnunit-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnunit-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libnunit-cil-dev is Unit test framework for CLI - Development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnunit-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libnunit-cil-dev

libnunit-cil-dev is:

NUnit is a unit testing framework for all .NET languages. It serves the same purpose as JUnit does in the Java world. It supports test categories, testing for exceptions and writing test results in plain text or XML.

This package contains development files for the Nunit library, and should be used for compilation

There are three methods to install libnunit-cil-dev 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 libnunit-cil-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 libnunit-cil-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnunit-cil-dev

Install libnunit-cil-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnunit-cil-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnunit-cil-dev

Install libnunit-cil-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 libnunit-cil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnunit-cil-dev

How To Uninstall libnunit-cil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libnunit-cil-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnunit-cil-dev

Uninstall libnunit-cil-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnunit-cil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnunit-cil-dev

Remove libnunit-cil-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libnunit-cil-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnunit-cil-dev

Remove libnunit-cil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnunit-cil-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnunit-cil-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnunit-cil-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.