How To Install matita on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install matita on Debian 9. matita is interactive theorem prover

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install matita on Debian 9.

What is matita

matita is:

Matita is a graphical interactive theorem prover based on the Calculus of (Co)Inductive Constructions.

There are three methods to install matita on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install matita Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matita

Install matita Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install matita using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install matita

Install matita 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install matita using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matita

How To Uninstall matita on Debian 9

To uninstall only the matita package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matita

Uninstall matita And Its Dependencies

To uninstall matita and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matita

Remove matita Configurations and Data

To remove matita configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge matita

Remove matita configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove matita configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matita

Dependencies

matita have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install matita package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.