How To Install testng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testng on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is testng
testng is:
TestNG is a testing framework inspired from JUnit and NUnit but introducing some new functionalities that make it more powerful and easier to use, such as:
- Annotations.
- Run your tests in arbitrarily big thread pools with various policies available (all methods in their own thread, one thread per test class, etc.)
- Test that your code is multithread safe.
- Flexible test configuration.
- Support for data-driven testing (with @DataProvider).
- Support for parameters.
- Powerful execution model (no more TestSuite).
- Supported by a variety of tools and plug-ins (Eclipse, IDEA, Maven, etc.)
- Embeds BeanShell for further flexibility.
- Default JDK functions for runtime and logging (no dependencies).
- Dependent methods for application server testing. TestNG is designed to cover all categories of tests: unit, functional, end-to-end, integration, etc.
There are three methods to install testng 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 testng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install testng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install testng
Install testng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install testng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install testng
Install testng 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 testng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install testng
How To Uninstall testng on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the testng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove testng
Uninstall testng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall testng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove testng
Remove testng Configurations and Data
To remove testng configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge testng
Remove testng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove testng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge testng
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testng package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
