How To Install python-fiu on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiu on Ubuntu 18.04. python-fiu is userspace fault injection framework (Python bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiu on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-fiu

python-fiu is:

libfiu is a C library for fault injection. It provides functions to mark “points of failure” inside your code (the “core API”), and functions to enable/disable the failure of those points (the “control API”).

This package contains Python bindings to libfiu.

There are three methods to install python-fiu 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-fiu 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-fiu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-fiu

Install python-fiu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-fiu

Install python-fiu 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-fiu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-fiu

How To Uninstall python-fiu on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-fiu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-fiu

Uninstall python-fiu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fiu

Remove python-fiu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-fiu

Remove python-fiu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fiu

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Summary

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