How To Install cvise on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvise
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cvise
cvise is:
C-Vise is a tool that takes a large C, C++ or OpenCL program that has a property of interest (such as triggering a compiler bug) and automatically produces a much smaller C/C++ or OpenCL program that has the same property. It is intended for use by people who discover and report bugs in compilers and other tools that process C/C++ or OpenCL code.
NOTE: C-Vise happens to do a pretty good job reducing the size of programs in languages other than C/C++, such as JavaScript and Rust. If you need to reduce programs in some other language, please give it a try.
There are three methods to install cvise
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cvise Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cvise
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cvise
Install cvise Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cvise
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cvise
Install cvise 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 cvise
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cvise
How To Uninstall cvise on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cvise
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cvise
Uninstall cvise And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cvise
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvise
Remove cvise Configurations and Data
To remove cvise
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cvise
Remove cvise configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cvise
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cvise
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvise
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.