How To Install phpunit-diff on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-diff on Ubuntu 18.04. phpunit-diff is diff implementation - stand-alone component from PHPUnit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-diff on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is phpunit-diff

phpunit-diff is:

Diff is a PHPUnit extension that provides comparison and parsing features.

PHPUnit is a unit testing suite for the PHP language, modelled on the xUnit testing framework.

There are three methods to install phpunit-diff 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 phpunit-diff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpunit-diff

Install phpunit-diff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpunit-diff

Install phpunit-diff 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 phpunit-diff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpunit-diff

How To Uninstall phpunit-diff on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the phpunit-diff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phpunit-diff

Uninstall phpunit-diff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpunit-diff

Remove phpunit-diff Configurations and Data

To remove phpunit-diff configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpunit-diff

Remove phpunit-diff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpunit-diff

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Summary

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