How To Install python-coverage-test-runner on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coverage-test-runner on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-coverage-test-runner
python-coverage-test-runner is:
This package contains the Python module CoverageTestRunner, which runs unit tests implemented using the unittest module in the Python standard library. It runs them using coverage.py (in the python-coverage package) and fails the test if all statements are not covered.
There are three methods to install python-coverage-test-runner 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 python-coverage-test-runner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-coverage-test-runner using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-coverage-test-runner
Install python-coverage-test-runner Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-coverage-test-runner using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-coverage-test-runner
Install python-coverage-test-runner 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 python-coverage-test-runner using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-coverage-test-runner
How To Uninstall python-coverage-test-runner on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-coverage-test-runner package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-coverage-test-runner
Uninstall python-coverage-test-runner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-coverage-test-runner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-coverage-test-runner
Remove python-coverage-test-runner Configurations and Data
To remove python-coverage-test-runner configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-coverage-test-runner
Remove python-coverage-test-runner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-coverage-test-runner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-coverage-test-runner
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coverage-test-runner package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
