How To Install cryptominisat on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptominisat on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cryptominisat
cryptominisat is:
CryptoMiniSat is a modern, multi-threaded, simplifying SAT solver.
This package provides a command line interface which reads SAT formulas in conjunctive normal form in the DIMACS format with the extension of XOR clauses and decides whether they are satisfiable.
There are three methods to install cryptominisat 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 cryptominisat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptominisat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptominisat
Install cryptominisat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptominisat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptominisat
Install cryptominisat 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 cryptominisat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptominisat
How To Uninstall cryptominisat on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cryptominisat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptominisat
Uninstall cryptominisat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptominisat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptominisat
Remove cryptominisat Configurations and Data
To remove cryptominisat configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptominisat
Remove cryptominisat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptominisat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptominisat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptominisat package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
