How To Install erlang-dialyzer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-dialyzer
on Kali Linux.
What is erlang-dialyzer
erlang-dialyzer is:
Dialyzer is a static analysis tool that identifies software discrepancies such as type errors, unreachable code, unnecessary tests etc. in single Erlang modules or entire (sets of) applications.
There are three methods to install erlang-dialyzer
on Kali Linux. 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-dialyzer 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-dialyzer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-dialyzer
Install erlang-dialyzer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-dialyzer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-dialyzer
Install erlang-dialyzer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-dialyzer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-dialyzer
How To Uninstall erlang-dialyzer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the erlang-dialyzer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-dialyzer
Uninstall erlang-dialyzer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-dialyzer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-dialyzer
Remove erlang-dialyzer Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-dialyzer
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-dialyzer
Remove erlang-dialyzer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-dialyzer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-dialyzer
Dependencies
erlang-dialyzer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-dialyzer
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.