How To Install libcoq-quickchick on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcoq-quickchick on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcoq-quickchick is randomized testing framework for Coq (plugin)

Introduction

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

What is libcoq-quickchick

libcoq-quickchick is:

QuickChick provides a framework for randomized testing of program properties ; it’s a clone of Haskell’s QuickCheck.

It includes a foundational verification framework to test code and a mechanism to automatically derive generators for inductive relations.

Coq is a proof assistant for higher-order logic.

This package contains the Coq plugin.

There are three methods to install libcoq-quickchick 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-quickchick 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-quickchick using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcoq-quickchick

Install libcoq-quickchick Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcoq-quickchick

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcoq-quickchick

How To Uninstall libcoq-quickchick on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libcoq-quickchick

Uninstall libcoq-quickchick And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoq-quickchick

Remove libcoq-quickchick Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcoq-quickchick

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcoq-quickchick have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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