How To Install elpa-mocker on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-mocker on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-mocker is mocking framework for Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-mocker on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is elpa-mocker

elpa-mocker is:

This package is helpful with testing Emacs Lisp code. Its single entry point (mocker-let') provides an let’ like interface to defining mock objects. Actually, mocker-let' is a wrapper around flet’, which can be seen as a way to manually generate mocks.

There are three methods to install elpa-mocker 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 elpa-mocker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-mocker

Install elpa-mocker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-mocker

Install elpa-mocker 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 elpa-mocker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-mocker

How To Uninstall elpa-mocker on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the elpa-mocker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-mocker

Uninstall elpa-mocker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-mocker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-mocker

Remove elpa-mocker Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-mocker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-mocker

Remove elpa-mocker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-mocker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-mocker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.