How To Install mona on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mona on Ubuntu 22.04. mona is theorem prover based on automata

Introduction

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

What is mona

mona is:

MONA is a tool that translates formulas in the logics WS1S or WS2S into finite-state automata represented by BDDs. The formulas may express search patterns, temporal properties of reactive systems, parse tree constraints, etc. MONA also analyses the automaton resulting from the compilation, and determines whether the formula is valid and, if the formula is not valid, generates a counter-example.

Documentation is available from the MONA website http://www.brics.dk/mona/.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mona

Install mona Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mona

Install mona 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 mona using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mona

How To Uninstall mona on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mona

Uninstall mona And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mona

Remove mona Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mona

Remove mona configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mona

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Summary

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