How To Install python3-testresources on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testresources on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-testresources is PyUnit extension for managing expensive test fixtures - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-testresources

python3-testresources is:

PyUnit extension to manage the initialisation and lifetime of expensive test fixtures.

For example reference databases are often only need to be constructed once but standard test isolation causes them to be constructed for every fixture, making test execution very slow.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-testresources

Install python3-testresources Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-testresources

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-testresources

How To Uninstall python3-testresources on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-testresources

Uninstall python3-testresources And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-testresources

Remove python3-testresources Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-testresources

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

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

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

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Summary

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