How To Install python-fixtures on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fixtures
on Debian 9.
What is python-fixtures
python-fixtures is:
A PyUnit extension for defining test fixtures outside of test cases. Each fixture encapsulates creating, reusing and freeing some state - be that a temporary directory on disk, SQL server connection, or just a particular object graph. This is extremely useful for testing and general resource management.
Fixtures ships with the base class, unittest glue and a number of precanned concrete fixtures.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-fixtures
on Debian 9. 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-fixtures 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-fixtures
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fixtures
Install python-fixtures Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fixtures
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fixtures
Install python-fixtures 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fixtures
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fixtures
How To Uninstall python-fixtures on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-fixtures
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fixtures
Uninstall python-fixtures And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fixtures
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fixtures
Remove python-fixtures Configurations and Data
To remove python-fixtures
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fixtures
Remove python-fixtures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fixtures
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fixtures
Dependencies
python-fixtures have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fixtures
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.