Running Python tests

This directory contains model tests written in Python. They rely on the pytest testing framework.

Install pytest

If you don't have pytest installed you can install it with:

$ sudo easy_install pytest

or, if you don't have sudo rights,

$ easy_install --user pytest

If you don't have easy_install, you can install that with:

$ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
$ sudo python ez_setup.py

or

$ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
$ python ez_setup.py --user

If you use the --user options above then binaries and packages will be installed to $HOME/.local/bin and $HOME/.local/lib . You may need to include these directories in your $PATH and $PYTHONPATH if they are not already.

Run the tests

Then you can run the tests with:

$ py.test

Or a subset of the tests with:

$ py.test <test_file.py>

Also see:

$ py.test --help

Pay particular attention to the 'custom options' section.

If you don't have py.test installed on your machine, then you can do all of the above by replacing py.test with: python runtest.py