How To Install toxiproxy-cli on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxiproxy-cli on Debian 9.
What is toxiproxy-cli
toxiproxy-cli is:
Toxiproxy is a framework for simulating network conditions. It’s made specifically to work in testing, CI and development environments, supporting deterministic tampering with connections, but with support for randomized chaos and customization. Toxiproxy is the tool you need to prove with tests that your application doesn’t have single points of failure
This package contains the command-line interface.
There are three methods to install toxiproxy-cli on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install toxiproxy-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install toxiproxy-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install toxiproxy-cli
Install toxiproxy-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install toxiproxy-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install toxiproxy-cli
Install toxiproxy-cli 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 toxiproxy-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install toxiproxy-cli
How To Uninstall toxiproxy-cli on Debian 9
To uninstall only the toxiproxy-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove toxiproxy-cli
Uninstall toxiproxy-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall toxiproxy-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove toxiproxy-cli
Remove toxiproxy-cli Configurations and Data
To remove toxiproxy-cli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge toxiproxy-cli
Remove toxiproxy-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove toxiproxy-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge toxiproxy-cli
Dependencies
toxiproxy-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxiproxy-cli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.