How To Install testrepository on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is testrepository

testrepository is:

Testrepository provides a database of test results and supports easy workflows to be built on top of that database. For instance, running just failing tests or getting the last test run back to examine again (without running the tests again). Testrepository is compatible with any test suite that can output subunit. This includes any TAP test suite and any pyunit compatible test suite.

This package is a metapackage that depends on both Python 2 and 3 packages. It also contains the documentation.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install testrepository

Install testrepository Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install testrepository

Install testrepository 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 testrepository using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install testrepository

How To Uninstall testrepository on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove testrepository

Uninstall testrepository And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove testrepository

Remove testrepository Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge testrepository

Remove testrepository configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge testrepository

Dependencies

testrepository have the following dependencies:

• python3-testrepository

References

• testrepository website

Summary

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