How To Install umockdev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install umockdev
on Debian 10.
What is umockdev
umockdev is:
umockdev mocks hardware devices for creating unit tests for libraries and programs that handle Linux hardware devices.
This package provides tools to record the properties and behaviour of particular devices, and to run a program or test suite under a test bed with the previously recorded devices loaded.
Right now this covers sysfs, uevents, basic support for /dev devices, and recording/mocking usbdevfs ioctls (for PtP/MTP devices).
With this you can simulate particular hardware in virtual environments up to some degree, without needing any particular privileges or disturbing the whole system.
There are three methods to install umockdev
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install umockdev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install umockdev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install umockdev
Install umockdev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install umockdev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install umockdev
Install umockdev 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 umockdev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install umockdev
How To Uninstall umockdev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the umockdev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove umockdev
Uninstall umockdev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall umockdev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove umockdev
Remove umockdev Configurations and Data
To remove umockdev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge umockdev
Remove umockdev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove umockdev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge umockdev
Dependencies
umockdev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install umockdev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.