How To Install z3 on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install z3 on Fedora 34.
What is z3
Z3 is a satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solver; given a set of constraints with variables, it reports a set of values for those variables that would meet the constraints. The Z3 input format is an extension of the one defined by the SMT-LIB 2.0 standard. Z3 supports arithmetic, fixed-size bit-vectors, extensional arrays, datatypes, uninterpreted functions, and quantifiers.
We can use yum or dnf to install z3 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install z3.
Install z3 on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install z3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install z3
Install z3 on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install z3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install z3
How To Uninstall z3 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the z3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove z3
z3 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/z3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/c6ca3c1350079ad3442d356cdda8fd00495915
/usr/share/doc/z3
/usr/share/doc/z3/README.md
/usr/share/doc/z3/RELEASE_NOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/z3.1.gz
/usr/bin/z3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/b62b10810676bd5f4c0bde2442a53d20de4d32
/usr/share/doc/z3
/usr/share/doc/z3/README.md
/usr/share/doc/z3/RELEASE_NOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/z3.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install z3 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
