How To Install minisat+ on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisat+ on Debian 12.
What is minisat+
minisat+ is:
MinSat+ is a solver for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (AKA 0-1 integer programming) that is based on the MiniSat SAT-solver. It supports optimizing a linear objective function, subject to a set of linear constraints. The variables of the objective function and constraints are boolean, i.e. required to be 0 or
- Pseudo-Boolean optimization can be used to solve many kinds of combinatorial optimization problems. This version of Minisat+ is compiled with bignum support for constraint coefficients.
There are three methods to install minisat+ 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 minisat+ Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minisat+ using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minisat+
Install minisat+ Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minisat+ using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minisat+
Install minisat+ 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 minisat+ using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minisat+
How To Uninstall minisat+ on Debian 12
To uninstall only the minisat+ package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minisat+
Uninstall minisat+ And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minisat+ and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minisat+
Remove minisat+ Configurations and Data
To remove minisat+ configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minisat+
Remove minisat+ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minisat+ configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minisat+
Dependencies
minisat+ have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisat+ package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.