How To Install python3-nose-random on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nose-random on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-nose-random
python3-nose-random is:
Python nose-random is designed to facilitate Monte-Carlo style unit testing. The idea is to improve testing by running your code against a large number of randomly generated input scenarios.
Even with random testing it’s important that test success/failure is reproducible, otherwise it’s hard to
- know if you’ve fixed a failing test
- know if an test fails only on some machines or configurations and not others
- debug a failing test
nose-random avoids this pitfall because it
- uses a fixed seed so that each test run is identical
- tells you which scenario caused a test to fail
- lets you to run the test only on a specific scenario to facilitate debugging
This package provides the Python 3 version of the module.
There are three methods to install python3-nose-random 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-nose-random 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-nose-random using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-nose-random
Install python3-nose-random Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-nose-random using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-nose-random
Install python3-nose-random 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-nose-random using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-nose-random
How To Uninstall python3-nose-random on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-nose-random package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-nose-random
Uninstall python3-nose-random And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-nose-random and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-nose-random
Remove python3-nose-random Configurations and Data
To remove python3-nose-random configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-nose-random
Remove python3-nose-random configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-nose-random configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-nose-random
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nose-random package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
