How To Install litmus on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install litmus on Ubuntu.

What is `litmus`

litmus is:

A WebDAV server protocol compliance test suite. Tests include:

OPTIONS for DAV: header
PUT, GET with byte comparison
MKCOL
DELETE (collections, non-collections)
COPY, MOVE using combinations of:

overwrite t/f
destination exists/doesn’t exist
collection/non-collection

Property manipulation and querying:

set, delete, replace properties
persist dead props across COPY
namespace handling

Locking

attempts to modify locked resource (as lock owner, not owner)
shared/exclusive locks, lock discovery

There are three methods to install litmus 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 litmus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install litmus

Install litmus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install litmus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install litmus

Install litmus 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 litmus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install litmus

How To Uninstall litmus on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the litmus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove litmus

Uninstall litmus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove litmus

Remove litmus Configurations and Data

To remove litmus configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge litmus

Remove litmus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge litmus

Dependencies

litmus have the following dependencies:

References

litmus website

Summary

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