How To Install cvc4 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc4 on Kali Linux. cvc4 is automated theorem prover for SMT problems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc4 on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 cvc4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cvc4

How To Uninstall cvc4 on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvc4

Remove cvc4 Configurations and Data

To remove cvc4 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.