How To Install picosat on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on Rocky Linux 8. picosat is A SAT solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on Rocky Linux 8.

What is picosat

PicoSAT solves the SAT problem, which is the classical NP complete problem of searching for a satisfying assignment of a propositional formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF). PicoSAT can generate proofs and cores in memory by compressing the proof trace. It supports the proof format of TraceCheck.

We can use yum or dnf to install picosat on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install picosat.

Install picosat on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install picosat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install picosat

Install picosat on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install picosat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install picosat

How To Uninstall picosat on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove picosat

picosat Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/picogcnf
/usr/bin/picomcs
/usr/bin/picomus
/usr/bin/picosat
/usr/bin/picosat.trace
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/bddc398718d392564dca19258cac6704e7f43d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/66161b5bd121780a1e58713ea2ed26f0c4bafa
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/dddcbe72ee004542fbc78e7511191ae7fee11d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/8d589e36c68c2e282f96b707189eb34bb7f2cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/4abda99ed2328d435ce5fcac62c1674f75bab2
/usr/share/man/man1/picomus.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/picosat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/picosat.trace.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.