How To Install python-coverage on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coverage
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-coverage
python-coverage is:
Coverage.py is a tool for measuring code coverage of Python programs. It monitors your program, noting which parts of the code have been executed, then analyzes the source to identify code that could have been executed but was not.
Coverage measurement is typically used to gauge the effectiveness of tests. It can show which parts of your code are being exercised by tests, and which are not.
This package installs the Python version 2 ‘coverage’ library, and the ‘python2-coverage’ program to perform and report coverage tests.
There are three methods to install python-coverage
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-coverage
Install python-coverage Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-coverage
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-coverage
Install python-coverage 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-coverage
How To Uninstall python-coverage on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-coverage
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-coverage
Uninstall python-coverage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-coverage
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-coverage
Remove python-coverage Configurations and Data
To remove python-coverage
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-coverage
Remove python-coverage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-coverage
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-coverage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coverage
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.