How To Install prover9-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install prover9-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. prover9-doc is documentation for Prover9 and associated programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prover9-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is prover9-doc

prover9-doc is:

Prover9 is an automated theorem prover for first-order and equational logic. It is a successor of the Otter prover. Prover9 uses the inference techniques of ordered resolution and paramodulation with literal selection.

This package provides documentation for Prover9, Mace4 and other associated programs.

There are three methods to install prover9-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install prover9-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install prover9-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install prover9-doc

Install prover9-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prover9-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prover9-doc

Install prover9-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install prover9-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prover9-doc

How To Uninstall prover9-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the prover9-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prover9-doc

Uninstall prover9-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prover9-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prover9-doc

Remove prover9-doc Configurations and Data

To remove prover9-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prover9-doc

Remove prover9-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove prover9-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prover9-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prover9-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.