How To Install boolector on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boolector on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is boolector
boolector is:
Boolector is an efficient SMT solver for the quantifier-free theory of bit-vectors in combination with the quantifier-free extensional theory of arrays.
There are three methods to install boolector on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install boolector Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install boolector using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install boolector
Install boolector Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install boolector using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install boolector
Install boolector 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 boolector using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install boolector
How To Uninstall boolector on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the boolector package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove boolector
Uninstall boolector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall boolector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove boolector
Remove boolector Configurations and Data
To remove boolector configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge boolector
Remove boolector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove boolector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boolector
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boolector package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.