How To Install spin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spin
spin is:
Spin is a popular open-source software verification tool, used by thousands of people worldwide. The tool can be used for the formal verification of multi-threaded software applications. The tool was developed at Bell Labs in the Unix group of the Computing Sciences Research Center, starting in 1980.
The software has been available freely since 1991, and continues to evolve to keep pace with new developments.
In April 2002 the tool was awarded the ACM System Software Award.
There are three methods to install spin 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 spin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spin
Install spin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spin
Install spin 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 spin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spin
How To Uninstall spin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spin
Uninstall spin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spin
Remove spin Configurations and Data
To remove spin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spin
Remove spin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.