How To Install erlang-edoc 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-edoc on Ubuntu.
What is erlang-edoc
erlang-edoc is:
EDoc is the Erlang program documentation generator. Inspired by the Javadoc tool for the Java programming language, EDoc is adapted to the conventions of the Erlang world.
There are three methods to install erlang-edoc 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-edoc 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-edoc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-edoc
Install erlang-edoc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-edoc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-edoc
Install erlang-edoc 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-edoc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-edoc
How To Uninstall erlang-edoc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the erlang-edoc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-edoc
Uninstall erlang-edoc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-edoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-edoc
Remove erlang-edoc Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-edoc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-edoc
Remove erlang-edoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-edoc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-edoc
Dependencies
erlang-edoc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-edoc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.