# Install cryptominisat with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman Advanced SAT solver. Version 5.14.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cryptominisat ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cryptominisat ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cryptominisat ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cryptominisat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install cryptominisat ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cryptominisat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cryptominisat ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptominisat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cryptominisat ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cryptominisat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cryptominisat - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.14.7 - **Source summary:** Advanced SAT solver - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T15:33:34Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cryptominisat5 (cli) - oracle (cli) - cryptominisat5 (alias) - oracle (alias) ## Dependencies - gmp ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 5.14.7 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/msoos/cryptominisat - Upstream latest detected: release/v5.14.7 (current) ## Project history and usage CryptoMiniSat is an advanced SAT solver with command-line, C++ library, Python, C, and Rust-compatible interfaces. It is packaged for scientific and developer-tool ecosystems because SAT solvers are infrastructure for verification, optimization, cryptanalysis, model counting, and research workflows. ### Project history The official homepage identifies CryptoMiniSat 5 as a modern, multi-threaded, feature-rich simplifying SAT solver and asks users to cite the project's SAT 2009 conference paper. The official GitHub repository was created in 2012 and continues to publish 5.x releases. ### Adoption history CryptoMiniSat is distributed as release binaries, source builds, Nix shells, Python packages through pycryptosat, and distro packages. The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, and Ubuntu, which fits a solver used both interactively from the shell and embedded through library bindings. ### How it is used The command-line interface accepts DIMACS CNF input with XOR-clause extensions and is invoked as cryptominisat5. The README also documents incremental Python and C++ usage, including assumptions and repeated solve calls, which are important for users embedding the solver in larger verification or search programs. ### Why package nerds care For packagers, CryptoMiniSat is a good example of research software that became routine infrastructure: it exposes a stable executable, a C++ API, Python wheels, and static-build options while depending on performance-sensitive native libraries such as GMP and zlib. Packaging quality directly affects whether downstream scientific tools can treat the solver as a dependable backend. ### Timeline - 2009: The project asks users to cite its SAT 2009 conference paper. - 2012: The official GitHub repository was created. - 2026: The official GitHub releases page shows active 5.14.x releases. ### Related projects - CryptoMiniSat is part of the broader SAT-solver ecosystem and its README and homepage reference DIMACS CNF, SAT competition formats, pycryptosat, CaDiCaL-related dependencies, and MiniSat-adjacent techniques. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cryptominisat - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cryptominisat - 5.11.21+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cryptominisat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SAT solver command line interface | https://www.msoos.org/ - Debian apt - libcryptominisat5-5.11t64 - 5.11.21+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcryptominisat5-5.11t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | SAT solver library | https://www.msoos.org/ - Debian apt - libcryptominisat5-dev - 5.11.21+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcryptominisat5-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development files for the CryptoMiniSat SAT solver | https://www.msoos.org/ - Debian apt - python3-cryptominisat - 5.11.21+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-cryptominisat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python bindings for the CryptoMiniSat SAT solver (Python 3) | https://www.msoos.org/ - Nix - cryptominisat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptominisat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - cryptominisat - 5.11.15+dfsg1-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cryptominisat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SAT solver command line interface | https://www.msoos.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libcryptominisat5-5.11t64 - 5.11.15+dfsg1-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcryptominisat5-5.11t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | SAT solver library | https://www.msoos.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libcryptominisat5-dev - 5.11.15+dfsg1-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcryptominisat5-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development files for the CryptoMiniSat SAT solver | https://www.msoos.org/ - Ubuntu apt - python3-cryptominisat - 5.11.15+dfsg1-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-cryptominisat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python bindings for the CryptoMiniSat SAT solver (Python 3) | https://www.msoos.org/ - dnf - cryptominisat - 5.14.5-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cryptominisat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | SAT solver | https://www.msoos.org/ - dnf - cryptominisat-devel - 5.14.5-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cryptominisat-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Header files for developing with cryptominisat | https://www.msoos.org/ - dnf - cryptominisat-libs - 5.14.5-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cryptominisat-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Cryptominisat library | https://www.msoos.org/ - dnf - python3-pycryptosat - 5.14.5-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pycryptosat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python 3 interface to cryptominisat | https://www.msoos.org/ - pacman - cryptominisat - 5.14.5-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cryptominisat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A modern, multi-threaded, feature-rich, simplifying SAT solver | https://github.com/msoos/cryptominisat/ ## Related links - 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[combined/cryptominisat.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cryptominisat.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph