How To Install raku-tap-harness on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install raku-tap-harness on Debian 12.
What is raku-tap-harness
raku-tap-harness is:
Provides a TAP based test suite and report printing, in and for Raku (formerly known as Perl 6)
TAP is the Test Anything Protocol used to Perl and other languages to communicate results between unit tests and the test harness.
There are three methods to install raku-tap-harness on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install raku-tap-harness Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install raku-tap-harness using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install raku-tap-harness
Install raku-tap-harness Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install raku-tap-harness using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install raku-tap-harness
Install raku-tap-harness 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 raku-tap-harness using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install raku-tap-harness
How To Uninstall raku-tap-harness on Debian 12
To uninstall only the raku-tap-harness package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove raku-tap-harness
Uninstall raku-tap-harness And Its Dependencies
To uninstall raku-tap-harness and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove raku-tap-harness
Remove raku-tap-harness Configurations and Data
To remove raku-tap-harness configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge raku-tap-harness
Remove raku-tap-harness configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove raku-tap-harness configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge raku-tap-harness
Dependencies
raku-tap-harness have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install raku-tap-harness package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
