How To Install node-proxyquire 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 node-proxyquire on Ubuntu.
What is node-proxyquire
node-proxyquire is:
Proxyquire proxies nodejs’s require in order to make overriding dependencies during testing easy while staying totally unobtrusive.
- No changes to your code are necessary.
- Non overridden methods of a module behave like the original.
- Mocking framework agnostic, if it can stub a function then it works with proxyquire.
- “use strict” compliant.
There are three methods to install node-proxyquire 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 node-proxyquire Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-proxyquire using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-proxyquire
Install node-proxyquire Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-proxyquire using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-proxyquire
Install node-proxyquire 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 node-proxyquire using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-proxyquire
How To Uninstall node-proxyquire on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-proxyquire package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-proxyquire
Uninstall node-proxyquire And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-proxyquire and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-proxyquire
Remove node-proxyquire Configurations and Data
To remove node-proxyquire configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-proxyquire
Remove node-proxyquire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-proxyquire configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-proxyquire
Dependencies
node-proxyquire have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-proxyquire package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.