How To Install libcoq-menhirlib on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcoq-menhirlib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcoq-menhirlib is support library for Coq-verified Menhir parsers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoq-menhirlib on Debian 12.

What is libcoq-menhirlib

libcoq-menhirlib is:

This package provides a support library for verified Coq parsers produced by Menhir.

Menhir is a LR(1) parser generator for the OCaml programming language and Coq is a proof assistant for higher-order logic.

There are three methods to install libcoq-menhirlib on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcoq-menhirlib Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoq-menhirlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcoq-menhirlib

Install libcoq-menhirlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoq-menhirlib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcoq-menhirlib

Install libcoq-menhirlib 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 libcoq-menhirlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcoq-menhirlib

How To Uninstall libcoq-menhirlib on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libcoq-menhirlib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcoq-menhirlib

Uninstall libcoq-menhirlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcoq-menhirlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoq-menhirlib

Remove libcoq-menhirlib Configurations and Data

To remove libcoq-menhirlib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcoq-menhirlib

Remove libcoq-menhirlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcoq-menhirlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoq-menhirlib

Dependencies

libcoq-menhirlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoq-menhirlib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.