How To Install python-nose-timer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nose-timer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-nose-timer
python-nose-timer is:
A timer plugin for nosetests that answers the question: how much time does every test take? Run nosetests with the –with-timer flag, and you will see a list of the tests and the time spent by each one (in seconds):
myapp.tests.ABigTestCase.test_the_world_is_running: 56.0010s myapp.tests.ABigTestCase.test_the_rest_of_the_galaxy_is_running: 2356.0010s
It is also possible to list the 10 slowest tests this way:
nosetests –with-timer –timer-top-n 10
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-nose-timer 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-nose-timer 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-nose-timer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nose-timer
Install python-nose-timer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nose-timer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nose-timer
Install python-nose-timer 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-nose-timer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nose-timer
How To Uninstall python-nose-timer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-nose-timer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nose-timer
Uninstall python-nose-timer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nose-timer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nose-timer
Remove python-nose-timer Configurations and Data
To remove python-nose-timer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nose-timer
Remove python-nose-timer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nose-timer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nose-timer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nose-timer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
