How To Install pypy-hypothesis on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-hypothesis on Ubuntu 18.04. pypy-hypothesis is advanced Quickcheck style testing library for PyPy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pypy-hypothesis on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pypy-hypothesis

pypy-hypothesis is:

Hypothesis is a library for testing your Python code against a much larger range of examples than you would ever want to write by hand. It’s based on the Haskell library, Quickcheck, and is designed to integrate seamlessly into your existing Python unit testing work flow.

Hypothesis is both extremely practical and also advances the state of the art of unit testing by some way. It’s easy to use, stable, and extremely powerful. If you’re not using Hypothesis to test your project then you’re missing out.

This package contains the PyPy module.

There are three methods to install pypy-hypothesis 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 pypy-hypothesis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pypy-hypothesis

Install pypy-hypothesis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pypy-hypothesis

Install pypy-hypothesis 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 pypy-hypothesis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pypy-hypothesis

How To Uninstall pypy-hypothesis on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pypy-hypothesis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pypy-hypothesis

Uninstall pypy-hypothesis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pypy-hypothesis

Remove pypy-hypothesis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pypy-hypothesis

Remove pypy-hypothesis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pypy-hypothesis

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Summary

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