How To Install phpunit-global-state 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 phpunit-global-state on Ubuntu.

What is `phpunit-global-state`

phpunit-global-state is:

GlobalState is a PHPUnit extension that provides the functionality to snapshot a global state.

PHPUnit is a unit testing suite for the PHP language, modelled on the xUnit testing framework.

There are three methods to install phpunit-global-state 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 phpunit-global-state Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpunit-global-state

Install phpunit-global-state Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phpunit-global-state using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phpunit-global-state

Install phpunit-global-state 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 phpunit-global-state using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpunit-global-state

How To Uninstall phpunit-global-state on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the phpunit-global-state package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phpunit-global-state

Uninstall phpunit-global-state And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpunit-global-state

Remove phpunit-global-state Configurations and Data

To remove phpunit-global-state configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpunit-global-state

Remove phpunit-global-state configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phpunit-global-state configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpunit-global-state

Dependencies

phpunit-global-state have the following dependencies:

References

phpunit-global-state website

Summary

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