How To Install python3-testtools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-testtools on Kali Linux. python3-testtools is Extensions to the Python unittest library - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-testtools

python3-testtools is:

testtools (formerly pyunit3k) is a set of extensions to the Python standard library’s unit testing framework. These extensions have been derived from years of experience with unit testing in Python and come from many different sources. It’s hoped that these extensions will make their way into the standard library eventually. Also included are backports from Python trunk of unittest features that are not otherwise available to existing unittest users.

This package contains the libraries for Python 3.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-testtools

Install python3-testtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-testtools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-testtools

How To Uninstall python3-testtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-testtools

Uninstall python3-testtools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-testtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-testtools

Remove python3-testtools Configurations and Data

To remove python3-testtools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-testtools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-testtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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