How To Install phpunit-exporter on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-exporter on Kali Linux.

What is phpunit-exporter

phpunit-exporter is:

Exporter is a PHPUnit extension that provides the functionality to export PHP variables for visualization.

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

There are three methods to install phpunit-exporter on Kali Linux. 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-exporter 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-exporter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phpunit-exporter

Install phpunit-exporter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpunit-exporter

Install phpunit-exporter Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install phpunit-exporter

How To Uninstall phpunit-exporter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phpunit-exporter

Uninstall phpunit-exporter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phpunit-exporter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpunit-exporter

Remove phpunit-exporter Configurations and Data

To remove phpunit-exporter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpunit-exporter

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

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

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

Dependencies

phpunit-exporter have the following dependencies:

• php-common
• phpunit-recursion-context
• phpunit-recursion-context

References

• phpunit-exporter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-exporter package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.