How To Install python3-webtest on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-webtest on Debian 9. python3-webtest is wraps any WSGI application and makes it easy to test

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-webtest on Debian 9.

What is python3-webtest

python3-webtest is:

WebTest helps you test your WSGI-based web applications. This can be any application that has a WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface) interface, including an application written in a framework that supports WSGI (which includes most actively developed Python web frameworks ?? almost anything that even nominally supports WSGI should be testable).

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-webtest on Debian 9. 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-webtest 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-webtest using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-webtest

Install python3-webtest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-webtest

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-webtest

How To Uninstall python3-webtest on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-webtest

Uninstall python3-webtest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-webtest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-webtest

Remove python3-webtest Configurations and Data

To remove python3-webtest configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-webtest

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-webtest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-webtest package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.