How To Install mdk on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdk on Ubuntu 22.04. mdk is MIX Development Kit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdk on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mdk

mdk is:

MDK stands for MIX Development Kit, and provides tools for developing and executing, in a MIX virtual machine, MIXAL programs.

The MIX is Donald Knuth’s mythical computer, described in the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming, which is programmed using MIXAL, the MIX assembly language.

MDK includes a MIXAL assembler (mixasm) and a MIX virtual machine (mixvm) with a command line interface. In addition, a GTK+ GUI to mixvm, called gmixvm, and a Guile interpreter with an embedded MIX virtual machine called mixguile, are provided.

Using these interfaces, you can debug your MIXAL programs at source code level, and read/modify the contents of all the components of the MIX computer (including block devices, which are simulated using the file system).

There are three methods to install mdk on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mdk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mdk

Install mdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mdk

Install mdk 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 mdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mdk

How To Uninstall mdk on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mdk

Uninstall mdk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdk

Remove mdk Configurations and Data

To remove mdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mdk

Remove mdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdk package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.