How To Install python-testfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-testfixtures
python-testfixtures is:
TestFixtures is a collection of helpers and mock objects that are useful when writing unit tests or doc tests. It includes tools for a wide range of tasks:
- Comparing objects and sequences
- Mocking out objects and methods
- Mocking dates and times
- Testing logging
- Testing output to streams
- Testing with files and directories
- Testing exceptions
- Testing warnings
- Testing use of the subprocess package
- Testing with zope.component
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-testfixtures 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-testfixtures 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-testfixtures using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-testfixtures
Install python-testfixtures Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-testfixtures using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-testfixtures
Install python-testfixtures 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-testfixtures using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-testfixtures
How To Uninstall python-testfixtures on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-testfixtures package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-testfixtures
Uninstall python-testfixtures And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-testfixtures and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-testfixtures
Remove python-testfixtures Configurations and Data
To remove python-testfixtures configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-testfixtures
Remove python-testfixtures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-testfixtures configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-testfixtures
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testfixtures package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
