How To Install picosat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on CentOS 7. picosat is A SAT solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on CentOS 7.

What is picosat

PicoSAT solves the SAT problem, which is the classical NP complete problem of searching for a satisfying assignment of a propositional formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF). PicoSAT can generate proofs and cores in memory by compressing the proof trace. It supports the proof format of TraceCheck.

We can use yum or dnf to install picosat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install picosat.

Install picosat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install picosat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install picosat

Install picosat on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install picosat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install picosat

How To Uninstall picosat on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove picosat

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install picosat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.