How To Install cvc3-el on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc3-el on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cvc3-el
cvc3-el is:
CVC3 is an automatic theorem prover for Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) problems. It can be used to prove the validity (or, dually, the satisfiability) of first-order formulas in a large number of built-in logical theories and their combination.
CVC3 is the last offspring of a series of popular SMT provers, which originated at Stanford University with the SVC system. In particular, it builds on the code base of CVC Lite, its most recent predecessor. Its high level design follows that of the Sammy prover.
CVC3 works with a version of first-order logic with polymorphic types and has a wide variety of features including:
- several built-in base theories: rational and integer linear arithmetic, arrays, tuples, records, inductive data types, bit vectors, and equality over uninterpreted function symbols;
- support for quantifiers;
- an interactive text-based interface;
- rich C, C++, and Java APIs for embedding in other systems;
- proof and model generation abilities;
- predicate subtyping;
- essentially no limit on its use for research or commercial purposes (see license).
The package provides an Emacs major mode “cvc3-mode” with syntax highlighting for the CVC3 input language and running CVC3 as an inferior process.
There are three methods to install cvc3-el 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 cvc3-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cvc3-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cvc3-el
Install cvc3-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cvc3-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cvc3-el
Install cvc3-el 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 cvc3-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cvc3-el
How To Uninstall cvc3-el on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cvc3-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cvc3-el
Uninstall cvc3-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cvc3-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvc3-el
Remove cvc3-el Configurations and Data
To remove cvc3-el configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cvc3-el
Remove cvc3-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cvc3-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cvc3-el
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvc3-el package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
