How To Install posixtestsuite on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install posixtestsuite on Debian 9.
What is posixtestsuite
posixtestsuite is:
The POSIX Test Suite is a free (as in speech) test suite with the goal of performing conformance, functional, and stress testing of the IEEE 1003.1-2001 System Interfaces specification in a manner that is agnostic to any given implementation.
This package only provides the test suite results in a log file. If you want to run the testsuite, use the source package of the same name (e.g. apt-get source posixtestsuite).
There are three methods to install posixtestsuite on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install posixtestsuite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install posixtestsuite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install posixtestsuite
Install posixtestsuite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install posixtestsuite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install posixtestsuite
Install posixtestsuite 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 posixtestsuite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install posixtestsuite
How To Uninstall posixtestsuite on Debian 9
To uninstall only the posixtestsuite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove posixtestsuite
Uninstall posixtestsuite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall posixtestsuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove posixtestsuite
Remove posixtestsuite Configurations and Data
To remove posixtestsuite configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge posixtestsuite
Remove posixtestsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove posixtestsuite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge posixtestsuite
Dependencies
posixtestsuite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install posixtestsuite package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.