How To Install proofgeneral on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proofgeneral on Kali Linux.

What is proofgeneral

proofgeneral is:

Proof General is a major mode to turn Emacs into an interactive proof assistant to write formal mathematical proofs using a variety of theorem provers.

This package provides Proof General support for Coq. (There is no other proof assistant that one could sensibly support.)

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

Install proofgeneral Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proofgeneral

Install proofgeneral Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proofgeneral

Install proofgeneral Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install proofgeneral

How To Uninstall proofgeneral on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove proofgeneral

Uninstall proofgeneral And Its Dependencies

To uninstall proofgeneral and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proofgeneral

Remove proofgeneral Configurations and Data

To remove proofgeneral configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge proofgeneral

Remove proofgeneral configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proofgeneral

Dependencies

proofgeneral have the following dependencies:

• emacs-gtk
• mmm-mode

References

• proofgeneral website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install proofgeneral package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.