How To Install python3-testfixtures on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testfixtures on Debian 10.
What is python3-testfixtures
python3-testfixtures is:
TestFixtures is a collection of helpers and mock objects that are useful when writing unit tests or doc tests. It includes tools for a wide range of tasks:
- Comparing objects and sequences
- Mocking out objects and methods
- Mocking dates and times
- Testing logging
- Testing output to streams
- Testing with files and directories
- Testing exceptions
- Testing warnings
- Testing use of the subprocess package
- Testing with zope.component
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-testfixtures on Debian 10. 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-testfixtures 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-testfixtures using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-testfixtures
Install python3-testfixtures Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-testfixtures using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-testfixtures
Install python3-testfixtures 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-testfixtures using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-testfixtures
How To Uninstall python3-testfixtures on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-testfixtures package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-testfixtures
Uninstall python3-testfixtures And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-testfixtures and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-testfixtures
Remove python3-testfixtures Configurations and Data
To remove python3-testfixtures configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-testfixtures
Remove python3-testfixtures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-testfixtures configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-testfixtures
Dependencies
python3-testfixtures have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testfixtures package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.