How To Install python3-mock on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mock on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-mock is Mocking and Testing Library (Python3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-mock

python3-mock is:

mock provides a core mock.Mock class that is intended to reduce the need to create a host of trivial stubs throughout your test suite. After performing an action, you can make assertions about which methods / attributes were used and arguments they were called with. You can also specify return values and set specific attributes in the normal way.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-mock 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-mock 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-mock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mock

Install python3-mock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-mock

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mock

How To Uninstall python3-mock on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-mock

Uninstall python3-mock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mock

Remove python3-mock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mock

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

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

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

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Summary

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