How To Install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8. erlang-sasl is The System Architecture Support Libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is erlang-sasl

The System Architecture Support Libraries is a set of tools for release upgrades and alarm handling etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erlang-sasl.

Install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-sasl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-sasl

Install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-sasl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-sasl

How To Uninstall erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-sasl

erlang-sasl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/alarm_handler.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/erlsrv.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/format_lib_supp.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/misc_supp.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/rb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/rb_format_supp.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/release_handler.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/release_handler_1.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl_report.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl_report_file_h.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/sasl_report_tty_h.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/systools.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/systools_lib.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/systools_make.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/systools_rc.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/ebin/systools_relup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/src
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-3.4/src/systools.hrl

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-sasl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.