How To Install mocha 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 mocha on Ubuntu.
What is mocha
mocha is:
Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on Node.js and browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun.
Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install mocha 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 mocha Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mocha using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mocha
Install mocha Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mocha using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mocha
Install mocha 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 mocha using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mocha
How To Uninstall mocha on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mocha package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mocha
Uninstall mocha And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mocha and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mocha
Remove mocha Configurations and Data
To remove mocha configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mocha
Remove mocha configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mocha configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mocha
Dependencies
mocha have the following dependencies:
- node-ansi-colors
- node-browser-stdout
- node-camelcase
- node-chalk
- node-chokidar
- node-debug
- node-decamelize
- node-diff
- node-escape-string-regexp
- node-find-up
- node-glob
- node-growl
- node-he
- node-is-plain-obj
- node-is-unicode-supported
- node-js-yaml
- node-minimatch
- node-ms
- node-nanoid
- node-serialize-javascript
- node-strip-json-comments
- node-supports-color
- node-which
- node-wide-align
- node-yargs
- node-yargs-parser
- nodejs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mocha package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.