How To Install swi-prolog-nox on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-nox on Ubuntu.

What is `swi-prolog-nox`

swi-prolog-nox is:

SWI-Prolog is a fast and powerful ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler with a rich set of built-in predicates. It offers a fast, robust and small environment which enables substantial applications to be developed with it.

SWI-Prolog additionally offers:

A powerful module system
Garbage collection
Unicode character set handling
Unbounted integer and rational number arithmetic
Multithreading support
A powerful C/C++ interface
GNU Readline interface

This package contains a working SWI-Prolog installation without GUI components.

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

Install swi-prolog-nox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swi-prolog-nox

Install swi-prolog-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-nox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install swi-prolog-nox

Install swi-prolog-nox 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 swi-prolog-nox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swi-prolog-nox

How To Uninstall swi-prolog-nox on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the swi-prolog-nox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove swi-prolog-nox

Uninstall swi-prolog-nox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall swi-prolog-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swi-prolog-nox

Remove swi-prolog-nox Configurations and Data

To remove swi-prolog-nox configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swi-prolog-nox

Remove swi-prolog-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove swi-prolog-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swi-prolog-nox

Dependencies

swi-prolog-nox have the following dependencies:

References

swi-prolog-nox website

Summary

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