How To Install sharness 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 sharness on Ubuntu.
What is sharness
sharness is:
Sharness is a portable shell library to write, run, and analyze automated tests for Unix programs. Since all tests output TAP, the Test Anything Protocol, they can be run with any TAP harness.
There are three methods to install sharness 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 sharness Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sharness using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sharness
Install sharness Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sharness using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sharness
Install sharness 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 sharness using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sharness
How To Uninstall sharness on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sharness package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sharness
Uninstall sharness And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sharness and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sharness
Remove sharness Configurations and Data
To remove sharness configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sharness
Remove sharness configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sharness configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sharness
Dependencies
sharness have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sharness package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.