How To Install gotestsum on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gotestsum
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gotestsum
gotestsum is:
go test
runner with output optimized for humans, JUnit XML for CI integration, and a summary of the test run results.
gotestsum runs tests, prints friendly test output and a summary of the test run. Requires Go 1.10+.
gotestsum works by running go test –json ./… and reading the JSON output.
There are three methods to install gotestsum
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gotestsum Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gotestsum
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gotestsum
Install gotestsum Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gotestsum
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gotestsum
Install gotestsum 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 gotestsum
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gotestsum
How To Uninstall gotestsum on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gotestsum
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gotestsum
Uninstall gotestsum And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gotestsum
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gotestsum
Remove gotestsum Configurations and Data
To remove gotestsum
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gotestsum
Remove gotestsum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gotestsum
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gotestsum
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gotestsum
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.