How To Install pcp-testsuite on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-testsuite on Debian 10.

What is pcp-testsuite

pcp-testsuite is:

Quality assurance test suite for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP).

Provides a series of tests that exercise the many utilities and daemon processes that form the PCP toolkit. Regular users should never have any need to install this package, it is for developers and testers only.

There are three methods to install pcp-testsuite on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pcp-testsuite Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcp-testsuite

Install pcp-testsuite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pcp-testsuite

Install pcp-testsuite 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcp-testsuite

How To Uninstall pcp-testsuite on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pcp-testsuite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pcp-testsuite

Uninstall pcp-testsuite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pcp-testsuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp-testsuite

Remove pcp-testsuite Configurations and Data

To remove pcp-testsuite configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcp-testsuite

Remove pcp-testsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pcp-testsuite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcp-testsuite

Dependencies

pcp-testsuite have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• pcp-testsuite website
• pcp-testsuite on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-testsuite package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.