How To Install python-testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-testrepository
python-testrepository is:
Testrepository provides a database of test results and supports easy workflows to be built on top of that database. For instance, running just failing tests or getting the last test run back to examine again (without running the tests again). Testrepository is compatible with any test suite that can output subunit. This includes any TAP test suite and any pyunit compatible test suite.
The python-testrepository package contains the Python testrepository library for Python 2.x, which can be used for programmatic access to the database.
There are three methods to install python-testrepository 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-testrepository 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-testrepository using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-testrepository
Install python-testrepository Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-testrepository using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-testrepository
Install python-testrepository 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-testrepository using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-testrepository
How To Uninstall python-testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-testrepository package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-testrepository
Uninstall python-testrepository And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-testrepository and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-testrepository
Remove python-testrepository Configurations and Data
To remove python-testrepository configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-testrepository
Remove python-testrepository configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-testrepository configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-testrepository
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-testrepository package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
