How To Install swi-prolog-core-packages on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-core-packages on Debian 11.
What is swi-prolog-core-packages
swi-prolog-core-packages is:
SWI-Prolog is a fast and powerful ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler with a rich set of built-in predicates. It offers a fast, robust and small environment which enables substantial applications to be developed with it.
SWI-Prolog additionally offers:
- A powerful module system
- Garbage collection
- Unicode character set handling
- Unbounted integer and rational number arithmetic
- Multithreading support
- A powerful C/C++ interface
- GNU Readline interface
This package contains a working SWI-Prolog core packages.
There are three methods to install swi-prolog-core-packages on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install swi-prolog-core-packages Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-core-packages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swi-prolog-core-packages
Install swi-prolog-core-packages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-core-packages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swi-prolog-core-packages
Install swi-prolog-core-packages 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 swi-prolog-core-packages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swi-prolog-core-packages
How To Uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages on Debian 11
To uninstall only the swi-prolog-core-packages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swi-prolog-core-packages
Uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swi-prolog-core-packages
Remove swi-prolog-core-packages Configurations and Data
To remove swi-prolog-core-packages configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swi-prolog-core-packages
Remove swi-prolog-core-packages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swi-prolog-core-packages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swi-prolog-core-packages
Dependencies
swi-prolog-core-packages have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-core-packages package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
