How To Install metamath on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metamath
on Debian 11.
What is metamath
metamath is:
Metamath is a tiny language for expressing theorems in abstract mathematics, accompanied by proofs that can be verified by a computer program.
This program is the reference implementation of the language. It provides a proof checker, a proof editor and tools to automatically render theorems and proofs to HTML and LaTeX files.
This package does not contain proof databases, but the tools to deal with them. The user can create their own databases, use those available on the Internet or provided by the metamath-databases package.
There are three methods to install metamath
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 metamath Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metamath
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metamath
Install metamath Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metamath
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metamath
Install metamath 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 metamath
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metamath
How To Uninstall metamath on Debian 11
To uninstall only the metamath
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metamath
Uninstall metamath And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metamath
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metamath
Remove metamath Configurations and Data
To remove metamath
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metamath
Remove metamath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metamath
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metamath
Dependencies
metamath have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metamath
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.