How To Install python3-coverage on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-coverage
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-coverage
python3-coverage is:
Coverage.py is a tool for measuring code coverage of Python programs. It monitors your program, noting which parts of the code have been executed, then analyzes the source to identify code that could have been executed but was not.
Coverage measurement is typically used to gauge the effectiveness of tests. It can show which parts of your code are being exercised by tests, and which are not.
This package installs the Python version 3 ‘coverage’ library, and the ‘python3-coverage’ program to perform and report coverage tests.
There are three methods to install python3-coverage
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-coverage 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-coverage
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-coverage
Install python3-coverage Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-coverage
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-coverage
Install python3-coverage 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-coverage
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-coverage
How To Uninstall python3-coverage on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-coverage
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-coverage
Uninstall python3-coverage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-coverage
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-coverage
Remove python3-coverage Configurations and Data
To remove python3-coverage
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-coverage
Remove python3-coverage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-coverage
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-coverage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-coverage
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.