How To Install prover9-mace4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prover9-mace4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is prover9-mace4
prover9-mace4 is:
This package provides a graphical user interface for easily running the Prover9 theorem prover and the Mace4 countermodel generator along with a number of sample input files.
There are three methods to install prover9-mace4 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install prover9-mace4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prover9-mace4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prover9-mace4
Install prover9-mace4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prover9-mace4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prover9-mace4
Install prover9-mace4 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 prover9-mace4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prover9-mace4
How To Uninstall prover9-mace4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the prover9-mace4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prover9-mace4
Uninstall prover9-mace4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prover9-mace4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prover9-mace4
Remove prover9-mace4 Configurations and Data
To remove prover9-mace4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prover9-mace4
Remove prover9-mace4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prover9-mace4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prover9-mace4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prover9-mace4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
