How To Install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8. python3-flexmock is Testing library that makes it easy to create mocks, stubs and fakes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-flexmock`

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-flexmock.

Install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-flexmock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-flexmock

Install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install python3-flexmock

How To Uninstall python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-flexmock

python3-flexmock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/flexmock.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/flexmock.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock-0.10.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock-0.10.4-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock-0.10.4-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock-0.10.4-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock-0.10.4-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flexmock.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/api.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/changelog.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/compare.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/conf.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/index.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/start.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flexmock/docs/user-guide.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flexmock
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flexmock/LICENSE

References

python3-flexmock website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flexmock on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.