How To Install cryptominisat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptominisat on Kali Linux. cryptominisat is SAT solver command line interface

Introduction

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

What is cryptominisat

cryptominisat is:

CryptoMiniSat is a modern, multi-threaded, simplifying SAT solver.

This package provides a command line interface which reads SAT formulas in conjunctive normal form in the DIMACS format with the extension of XOR clauses and decides whether they are satisfiable.

There are three methods to install cryptominisat 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 cryptominisat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cryptominisat

Install cryptominisat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cryptominisat

Install cryptominisat 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 cryptominisat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cryptominisat

How To Uninstall cryptominisat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cryptominisat

Uninstall cryptominisat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptominisat

Remove cryptominisat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cryptominisat

Remove cryptominisat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptominisat

Dependencies

cryptominisat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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