How To Install python3-fixtures 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 python3-fixtures on Ubuntu.
What is python3-fixtures
python3-fixtures is:
A PyUnit extension for defining test fixtures outside of test cases. Each fixture encapsulates creating, reusing and freeing some state - be that a temporary directory on disk, SQL server connection, or just a particular object graph. This is extremely useful for testing and general resource management.
Fixtures ships with the base class, unittest glue and a number of precanned concrete fixtures.
This package provides the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-fixtures 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 python3-fixtures Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fixtures using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-fixtures
Install python3-fixtures Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fixtures using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-fixtures
Install python3-fixtures 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 python3-fixtures using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-fixtures
How To Uninstall python3-fixtures on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-fixtures package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-fixtures
Uninstall python3-fixtures And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-fixtures and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fixtures
Remove python3-fixtures Configurations and Data
To remove python3-fixtures configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fixtures
Remove python3-fixtures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-fixtures configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fixtures
Dependencies
python3-fixtures have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fixtures package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.