How To Install php-phpspec-prophecy 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 php-phpspec-prophecy on Ubuntu.

What is `php-phpspec-prophecy`

php-phpspec-prophecy is:

Prophecy is an opinionated and flexible PHP object mocking framework.

It was initially created to fulfil phpspec2 needs, but is flexible enough to be used inside any testing framework out there with minimal effort.

phpspec can help write clean and working PHP code using behaviour driven development or BDD. BDD is a technique derived from test-first development.

There are three methods to install php-phpspec-prophecy 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 php-phpspec-prophecy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-phpspec-prophecy

Install php-phpspec-prophecy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-phpspec-prophecy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-phpspec-prophecy

Install php-phpspec-prophecy 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 php-phpspec-prophecy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-phpspec-prophecy

How To Uninstall php-phpspec-prophecy on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the php-phpspec-prophecy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-phpspec-prophecy

Uninstall php-phpspec-prophecy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-phpspec-prophecy

Remove php-phpspec-prophecy Configurations and Data

To remove php-phpspec-prophecy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-phpspec-prophecy

Remove php-phpspec-prophecy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-phpspec-prophecy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-phpspec-prophecy

Dependencies

php-phpspec-prophecy have the following dependencies:

References

php-phpspec-prophecy website

Summary

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