Complete Guide: Installing why on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "why" package

Please follow the instructions below to install why on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "why" package

Learn how to uninstall why on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                why
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the why package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: why
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 22046
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OCaml Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.34-4ubuntu4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libgmp10, libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libmpfr4 (>= 3.1.3), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), frama-c-base (= 20151002+magnesium+dfsg-1build1), make
Recommends: alt-ergo | cvc3 | coq
Suggests: libwhy-coq (= 2.34-4ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/w/why/why_2.34-4ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 3558880
MD5sum: 9f34d9af544ed47844280bd98f766f2c
SHA1: 75f549e44a77b8ca426c44bc18e0a725d9227528
SHA256: 06848e3a6f1ff397e7cb5a77f10f135866daffd33c3161807e189664c8659069
Description-en: Software verification tool
Why aims at being a verification conditions generator (VCG) back-end
for other verification tools. It provides a powerful input language
including higher-order functions, polymorphism, references, arrays and
exceptions. It generates proof obligations for many systems: the proof
assistants Coq, PVS, Isabelle/HOL, HOL 4, HOL Light, Mizar and the
decision procedures Simplify, Alt-Ergo, Yices, CVC Lite and haRVey.
Description-md5: 526e76e920af822b5edbedc5d8ec7d78
Homepage: http://why.lri.fr/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu