How To Install phpunit-object-reflector on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpunit-object-reflector on Ubuntu 18.04. phpunit-object-reflector is reflection of object attributes - PHPUnit component

Introduction

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

What is phpunit-object-reflector

phpunit-object-reflector is:

Object Reflector is a PHPUnit extension that allows reflection of object attributes, including inherited and non-public ones.

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

There are three methods to install phpunit-object-reflector 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-object-reflector 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-object-reflector using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phpunit-object-reflector

Install phpunit-object-reflector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpunit-object-reflector

Install phpunit-object-reflector 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-object-reflector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpunit-object-reflector

How To Uninstall phpunit-object-reflector on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove phpunit-object-reflector

Uninstall phpunit-object-reflector And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpunit-object-reflector

Remove phpunit-object-reflector Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phpunit-object-reflector

Remove phpunit-object-reflector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpunit-object-reflector

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Summary

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