How To Install python3-flexmock on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flexmock on Debian 9.
What is python3-flexmock
python3-flexmock is:
flexmock is a testing library for Python that makes it easy to create mocks, stubs and fakes.
The API is inspired by a Ruby library of the same name, but Python flexmock is not a clone of the Ruby version. It omits a number of redundancies in the Ruby flexmock API, alters some defaults, and introduces a number of Python-only features.
flexmock’s design focuses on simplicity and intuitiveness. This means that the API is as lean as possible, though a few convenient short-hand methods are provided to aid brevity and readability.
flexmock declarations are structured to read more like English sentences than API calls, and it is possible to chain them together in any order to achieve high degree of expressiveness in a single line of code.
This package contains the Python 3 version of flexmock.
There are three methods to install python3-flexmock on Debian 9. 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-flexmock 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-flexmock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-flexmock
Install python3-flexmock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-flexmock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-flexmock
Install python3-flexmock 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-flexmock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-flexmock
How To Uninstall python3-flexmock on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-flexmock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-flexmock
Uninstall python3-flexmock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-flexmock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flexmock
Remove python3-flexmock Configurations and Data
To remove python3-flexmock configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flexmock
Remove python3-flexmock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-flexmock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flexmock
Dependencies
python3-flexmock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flexmock package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.