How To Install toxiproxy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxiproxy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is toxiproxy-dev
toxiproxy-dev 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 is the dev package.
There are three methods to install toxiproxy-dev 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 toxiproxy-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install toxiproxy-dev
Install toxiproxy-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install toxiproxy-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install toxiproxy-dev
Install toxiproxy-dev 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 toxiproxy-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install toxiproxy-dev
How To Uninstall toxiproxy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the toxiproxy-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove toxiproxy-dev
Uninstall toxiproxy-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall toxiproxy-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove toxiproxy-dev
Remove toxiproxy-dev Configurations and Data
To remove toxiproxy-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge toxiproxy-dev
Remove toxiproxy-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove toxiproxy-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge toxiproxy-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxiproxy-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
