How To Install python-exam on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-exam on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-exam
python-exam is:
Exam is a Python toolkit for writing better tests. It aims to remove a lot of the boiler plate testing code one often writes, while still following Python conventions and adhering to the unit testing interface.
Aside from the obvious “does the code work?”, writings tests has many additional goals and benefits:
If written semantically, reading tests can help demonstrate how the code is supposed to work to other developers.
If quick running, tests provide feedback during development that your changes are working or not having an adverse side effects.
If they’re easy to write correctly, developers will write more tests and they will be of a higher quality.
Unfortunately, the common pattern for writing Python unit tests tends to not offer any of these advantages. Often times results in inefficient and unnecessarily obtuse testing code. Additionally, common uses of the mock library can often result in repetitive boiler-plate code or inefficiency during test runs.
exam aims to improve the state of Python test writing by providing a toolkit of useful functionality to make writing quick, correct and useful tests and as painless as possible.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-exam 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-exam 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-exam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-exam
Install python-exam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-exam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-exam
Install python-exam 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-exam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-exam
How To Uninstall python-exam on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-exam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-exam
Uninstall python-exam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-exam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-exam
Remove python-exam Configurations and Data
To remove python-exam configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-exam
Remove python-exam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-exam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-exam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-exam package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
