How To Install python-flexmock on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flexmock on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-flexmock
python-flexmock is:
flexmock is a testing library for Python that makes it easy to create mocks, stubs and fakes.
The API is inspired by a Ruby library of the same name, but Python flexmock is not a clone of the Ruby version. It omits a number of redundancies in the Ruby flexmock API, alters some defaults, and introduces a number of Python-only features.
flexmock’s design focuses on simplicity and intuitiveness. This means that the API is as lean as possible, though a few convenient short-hand methods are provided to aid brevity and readability.
flexmock declarations are structured to read more like English sentences than API calls, and it is possible to chain them together in any order to achieve high degree of expressiveness in a single line of code.
This package contains the Python 2.x version of flexmock.
There are three methods to install python-flexmock 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-flexmock 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-flexmock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-flexmock
Install python-flexmock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-flexmock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-flexmock
Install python-flexmock 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-flexmock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-flexmock
How To Uninstall python-flexmock on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-flexmock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-flexmock
Uninstall python-flexmock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-flexmock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flexmock
Remove python-flexmock Configurations and Data
To remove python-flexmock configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-flexmock
Remove python-flexmock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-flexmock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flexmock
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flexmock package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
