How To Install cbmc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbmc on Kali Linux.

What is cbmc

cbmc is:

CBMC generates traces that demonstrate how an assertion can be violated, or proves that the assertion cannot be violated within a given number of loop iterations.

There are three methods to install cbmc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cbmc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cbmc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cbmc

Install cbmc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cbmc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cbmc

Install cbmc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cbmc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cbmc

How To Uninstall cbmc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cbmc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cbmc

Uninstall cbmc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cbmc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cbmc

Remove cbmc Configurations and Data

To remove cbmc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cbmc

Remove cbmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cbmc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cbmc

Dependencies

cbmc have the following dependencies:

• gcc
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• minisat

References

• cbmc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbmc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.