How To Install erlang-base 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 erlang-base
on Ubuntu.
What is erlang-base
erlang-base is:
This package contains the Erlang/OTP runtime implementation, and minimal set of Erlang applications: compiler - compiles Erlang code to byte-code; erts - the Erlang runtime system application; kernel - code necessary to run the Erlang runtime system itself; ose - code for Enea OSE operating system; sasl - the system architecture support libraries application; stdlib - modules for manipulating lists, strings, files etc.
There are three methods to install erlang-base
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 erlang-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-base
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-base
Install erlang-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-base
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-base
Install erlang-base 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 erlang-base
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-base
How To Uninstall erlang-base on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the erlang-base
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-base
Uninstall erlang-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-base
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-base
Remove erlang-base Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-base
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-base
Remove erlang-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-base
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-base
Dependencies
erlang-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-base
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.