How To Install subunit on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install subunit on Kali Linux.

What is subunit

subunit is:

subunit is a protocol for test activity serialisation deserialisation. This permits executing tests remotely, or saving the result of test runs for later introspection.

The subunit package includes the subunit command line tools: subunit-diff, subunit-filter subunit-stats tap2subunit subunit2pyunit subunit-ls subunit-tags, subunit2gtk

There are three methods to install subunit 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 subunit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install subunit

Install subunit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install subunit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install subunit

Install subunit 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 subunit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install subunit

How To Uninstall subunit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the subunit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove subunit

Uninstall subunit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove subunit

Remove subunit Configurations and Data

To remove subunit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge subunit

Remove subunit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subunit

Dependencies

subunit have the following dependencies:

• libsubunit-perl
• python3-subunit
• python3

References

• subunit website

Summary

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