How To Install acl2-books on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acl2-books on Ubuntu 18.04. acl2-books is Computational Logic for Applicative Common Lisp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acl2-books on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is acl2-books

acl2-books is:

ACL2 is both a programming language in which you can model computer systems and a tool to help you prove properties of those models.

This package contains numerous precompiled and precertified libraries for use in proving theorems with ACL2. Serious users will no doubt want to install this package.

There are three methods to install acl2-books 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 acl2-books Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acl2-books using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acl2-books

Install acl2-books Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acl2-books using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acl2-books

Install acl2-books 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 acl2-books using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acl2-books

How To Uninstall acl2-books on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the acl2-books package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acl2-books

Uninstall acl2-books And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acl2-books and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acl2-books

Remove acl2-books Configurations and Data

To remove acl2-books configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acl2-books

Remove acl2-books configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acl2-books configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acl2-books

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acl2-books package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.