How To Install coqprime-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install coqprime-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. coqprime-tools is Primality certification for Coq (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coqprime-tools on Debian 12.

What is coqprime-tools

coqprime-tools is:

Coqprime consists in:

  • a library of facts from number theory
  • a library for elliptic curves
  • an efficient library for modular arithmetic
  • tools to generate Pocklington and elliptic curve certificates of primality

Coq is a proof assistant for higher-order logic.

There are three methods to install coqprime-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coqprime-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coqprime-tools

Install coqprime-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coqprime-tools

Install coqprime-tools 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 coqprime-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coqprime-tools

How To Uninstall coqprime-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the coqprime-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coqprime-tools

Uninstall coqprime-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coqprime-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coqprime-tools

Remove coqprime-tools Configurations and Data

To remove coqprime-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coqprime-tools

Remove coqprime-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coqprime-tools

Dependencies

coqprime-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coqprime-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.