How To Install acl2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acl2 on Kali Linux.

What is acl2

acl2 is:

ACL2 is both a programming language in which you can model computer
systems and a tool to help you prove properties of those models.

This package contains the base ACL2 binary.

There are three methods to install acl2 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acl2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acl2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acl2

Install acl2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acl2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acl2

Install acl2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install acl2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acl2

How To Uninstall acl2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the acl2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove acl2

Uninstall acl2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acl2

Remove acl2 Configurations and Data

To remove acl2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acl2

Remove acl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acl2

Dependencies

acl2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgmp10
• libreadline8
• libx11-6

References

• acl2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acl2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.