How To Install cvc4 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc4 on Debian 11.
What is cvc4
cvc4 is:
CVC4 is an efficient automatic theorem prover for satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) problems. It can be used to prove the validity (or, dually, the satisfiability) of first-order formulas in a large number of built-in logical theories and their combination.
CVC4 is intended to be an open and extensible SMT engine, and it can be used as a stand-alone tool or as a library. It is the fourth in the Cooperating Validity Checker family of tools (also including CVC, CVC Lite and CVC3). CVC4 has been designed to increase the performance and reduce the memory overhead of its predecessors.
This package contains binaries needed to use CVC4 as a stand-alone tool.
There are three methods to install cvc4 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cvc4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cvc4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cvc4
Install cvc4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cvc4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cvc4
Install cvc4 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 cvc4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cvc4
How To Uninstall cvc4 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cvc4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cvc4
Uninstall cvc4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cvc4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvc4
Remove cvc4 Configurations and Data
To remove cvc4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cvc4
Remove cvc4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cvc4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cvc4
Dependencies
cvc4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.