How To Install python3-testfixtures on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testfixtures on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• python3

References

• python3-testfixtures website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testfixtures package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.