How To Install flatzinc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatzinc on Debian 10.
What is flatzinc
flatzinc is:
FlatZinc is a low-level modelling language for constraint problems. It is designed to be easily interfaceable to constraint solvers (like Gecode). For more information on FlatZinc, please refer to the MiniZinc pages of the G12 project http://www.g12.cs.mu.oz.au/minizinc/.
We provide a parser that reads a FlatZinc model from a file, and returns a Gecode Space object that represents the model. We also provide a simple front-end, an executable program that reads a FlatZinc model and prints the solution (if any) on the standard output.
The FlatZinc interpreter that ships with Gecode version 4.4.0 supports the FlatZinc language and MiniZinc global constraint definitions of MiniZinc version 1.6.0.
There are three methods to install flatzinc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flatzinc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flatzinc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flatzinc
Install flatzinc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flatzinc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flatzinc
Install flatzinc 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 flatzinc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flatzinc
How To Uninstall flatzinc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the flatzinc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flatzinc
Uninstall flatzinc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flatzinc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flatzinc
Remove flatzinc Configurations and Data
To remove flatzinc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flatzinc
Remove flatzinc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flatzinc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flatzinc
Dependencies
flatzinc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatzinc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.