How To Install erlang-esdl-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install erlang-esdl-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. erlang-esdl-dev is Erlang bindings to the SDL (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-esdl-dev on Debian 10.

What is erlang-esdl-dev

erlang-esdl-dev is:

ESDL is an Erlang binding to the SDL, and might be used to write multimedia application in Erlang.

This package includes ESDL headers which are necessary to build Erlang applications which use ESDL.

There are three methods to install erlang-esdl-dev on Debian 10. 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-esdl-dev 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-esdl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-esdl-dev

Install erlang-esdl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-esdl-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install erlang-esdl-dev

Install erlang-esdl-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-esdl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-esdl-dev

How To Uninstall erlang-esdl-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the erlang-esdl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove erlang-esdl-dev

Uninstall erlang-esdl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-esdl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-esdl-dev

Remove erlang-esdl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-esdl-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-esdl-dev

Remove erlang-esdl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove erlang-esdl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-esdl-dev

Dependencies

erlang-esdl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-esdl-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.