How To Install python3-betamax on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-betamax on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-betamax is VCR imitation designed only for python-requests - Python 3.X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-betamax on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-betamax

python3-betamax is:

Betamax records HTTP interactions and replay them allowing fast, deterministic and accurate tests and it’s designed to be used with python-requests. If you are not using python-requests, you should checkout vcr.py.

Betamax comes with integrations for py.test and unittest and supports third party packages that provide extra request matchers and cassette serializers.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-betamax 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 python3-betamax Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-betamax using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-betamax

Install python3-betamax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-betamax using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-betamax

Install python3-betamax 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 python3-betamax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-betamax

How To Uninstall python3-betamax on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-betamax package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-betamax

Uninstall python3-betamax And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-betamax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-betamax

Remove python3-betamax Configurations and Data

To remove python3-betamax configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-betamax

Remove python3-betamax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-betamax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-betamax

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-betamax package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.