How To Install testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 testrepository using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install testrepository
How To Uninstall testrepository on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove testrepository
Remove testrepository Configurations and Data
To remove testrepository configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testrepository package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
