How To Install mathlibtools on Debian 12

Learn how to install mathlibtools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mathlibtools is supporting tool for Lean mathlib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mathlibtools on Debian 12.

What is `mathlibtools`

mathlibtools is:

mathlib-tools contains leanproject, a supporting tool for Lean mathlib. In conjunction with elan it allows a user to create, build, update and otherwise manage projects using the Lean 3 theorem prover and the mathlib library of mathematics and tactics.

There are three methods to install mathlibtools 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 mathlibtools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mathlibtools

Install mathlibtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mathlibtools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mathlibtools

Install mathlibtools 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 mathlibtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mathlibtools

How To Uninstall mathlibtools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mathlibtools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mathlibtools

Uninstall mathlibtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mathlibtools

Remove mathlibtools Configurations and Data

To remove mathlibtools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mathlibtools

Remove mathlibtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mathlibtools

Dependencies

mathlibtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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