How To Install lift on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 472 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lift on Ubuntu.
What is lift
lift is:
Lift provides an integration/functional test platform which handles executable tests easily and generically.
- Lift only deals with executables and their return code
- A particular test can be written in the language that fit it the most
- Test declaration in a simple YAML syntax
- No need to learn a programming language to integrate a test in a suite
- Easily declare a test as running locally or on a remote machine
- Remote tests: upload needed assets automatically and cleanup afterward
- Naturally organize a test suite in multiple sub-folders/sub-test suites
- Easily run a sub-test suite or specific tests from the command line
- Pass environment variables to tests
- Inheritance of remotes and environment across sub-test suites
- For example, remotes can be defined in the top folder and used below
- Only one command to run all or specific tests: lift
- Export XUnit reports, for easy integration with Jenkins & friends
There are three methods to install lift on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lift Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lift using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lift
Install lift Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lift using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lift
Install lift 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 lift using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lift
How To Uninstall lift on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lift package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lift
Uninstall lift And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lift and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lift
Remove lift Configurations and Data
To remove lift configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lift
Remove lift configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lift configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lift
Dependencies
lift have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lift package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.