How To Install python-httmock on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-httmock on Ubuntu 18.04. python-httmock is Mocking library for python-requests

Introduction

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

What is python-httmock

python-httmock is:

This library allows unit tests to provide mocked responses to HTTP requests made using the ‘requests’ library, either conditionally using the ‘urlmatch’ decorator or for all requests using the ‘all_requests’ decorator.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-httmock

Install python-httmock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-httmock

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-httmock

How To Uninstall python-httmock on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-httmock

Uninstall python-httmock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-httmock

Remove python-httmock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-httmock

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

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

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

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Summary

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