How To Install dafny on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dafny
on Debian 11.
What is dafny
dafny is:
Dafny is a programming language with a program verifier. The verifier processes function preconditions, postconditions, and assertions, and sends them to an SMT solver for checking. In this way, assertion failures become compiler errors, rather than runtime ones.
There are three methods to install dafny
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dafny Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dafny
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dafny
Install dafny Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dafny
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dafny
Install dafny 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 dafny
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dafny
How To Uninstall dafny on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dafny
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dafny
Uninstall dafny And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dafny
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dafny
Remove dafny Configurations and Data
To remove dafny
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dafny
Remove dafny configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dafny
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dafny
Dependencies
dafny have the following dependencies:
- mono-mcs
- z3
- mono-runtime
- libboogie-cil
- libmono-corlib4.5-cil
- libmono-system-core4.0-cil
- libmono-system-numerics4.0-cil
- libmono-system-runtime-serialization4.0-cil
- libmono-system4.0-cil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dafny
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.