How To Install dustmite on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dustmite on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dustmite
dustmite is:
DustMite is a tool for minimizing D source code. It was inspired by Tigris Delta and a thread on digitalmars.D.learn. Reducing C++ code also works quite well via –split *.{c,cpp,h,hpp}:d.
DustMite will parse the source code into a simple hierarchy, and attempt to shrink it by deleting fragments iteratively, as long as the result satisfies a user-specified condition.
Its use-cases include:
- Reducing compiler bug test cases.
- Finding the source of ambiguous or misleading compiler error messages (e.g. errors with the file/line information pointing inside Phobos)
- Alternative unit test code coverage (DustMite can remove all code that does not affect the execution of your unit tests).
- Similarly, if you have complete test coverage, it can be used for reducing the source tree to a minimal tree which includes support for only enabled unittests. This can be used to create a version of a program or library with a test-defined subset of features.
- The –obfuscate option can obfuscate your code’s identifiers.
There are three methods to install dustmite on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dustmite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dustmite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dustmite
Install dustmite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dustmite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dustmite
Install dustmite 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 dustmite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dustmite
How To Uninstall dustmite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dustmite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dustmite
Uninstall dustmite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dustmite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dustmite
Remove dustmite Configurations and Data
To remove dustmite configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dustmite
Remove dustmite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dustmite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dustmite
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dustmite package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
