How To Install python3-pytest-smartcov on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pytest-smartcov on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pytest-smartcov is Smart coverage plugin for pytest

Introduction

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

What is python3-pytest-smartcov

Smart coverage measurement and reporting for py.test test suites. Test suites are usually structured parallel to (or integrated with) the structure of the code they test. If you ask py.test to run a certain subset of your tests, you shouldn’t have to also tell coverage which subset of your code it should measure coverage on for that run. With pytest-smartcov, you don’t have to.

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

Install python3-pytest-smartcov 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-pytest-smartcov using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-pytest-smartcov

Install python3-pytest-smartcov 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-pytest-smartcov using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-pytest-smartcov

How To Uninstall python3-pytest-smartcov on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pytest-smartcov

python3-pytest-smartcov Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/smartcov.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/smartcov.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_smartcov-0.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/smartcov.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytest-smartcov
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytest-smartcov/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytest-smartcov
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytest-smartcov/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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