How To Install minisat+ on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install minisat+ on Ubuntu 22.04. minisat+ is solver for pseudo-Boolean constraints

Introduction

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

What is minisat+

minisat+ is:

MinSat+ is a solver for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (AKA 0-1 integer programming) that is based on the MiniSat SAT-solver. It supports optimizing a linear objective function, subject to a set of linear constraints. The variables of the objective function and constraints are boolean, i.e. required to be 0 or

  1. Pseudo-Boolean optimization can be used to solve many kinds of combinatorial optimization problems. This version of Minisat+ is compiled with bignum support for constraint coefficients.

There are three methods to install minisat+ 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 minisat+ Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minisat+

Install minisat+ Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install minisat+

Install minisat+ 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 minisat+ using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minisat+

How To Uninstall minisat+ on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the minisat+ package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove minisat+

Uninstall minisat+ And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minisat+

Remove minisat+ Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge minisat+

Remove minisat+ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minisat+

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Summary

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