How To Install proofgeneral on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proofgeneral on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is proofgeneral
proofgeneral is:
Proof General is a major mode to turn Emacs into an interactive proof assistant to write formal mathematical proofs using a variety of theorem provers.
This package provides Proof General support for Coq. (There is no other proof assistant that one could sensibly support.)
There are three methods to install proofgeneral 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 proofgeneral Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install proofgeneral using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install proofgeneral
Install proofgeneral Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install proofgeneral using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install proofgeneral
Install proofgeneral 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 proofgeneral using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install proofgeneral
How To Uninstall proofgeneral on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the proofgeneral package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove proofgeneral
Uninstall proofgeneral And Its Dependencies
To uninstall proofgeneral and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove proofgeneral
Remove proofgeneral Configurations and Data
To remove proofgeneral configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge proofgeneral
Remove proofgeneral configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove proofgeneral configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proofgeneral
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proofgeneral package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
