How To Install erlang-yaws on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-yaws on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-yaws
erlang-yaws is:
Yaws is a high performance HTTP 1.1 webserver written in Erlang. It is a multithreaded webserver where one Erlang light weight process is used to handle each client. Two separate modes of operation are supported.
This package includes Erlang Yaws application suitable to work in embedded mode where it runs as a webserver in another Erlang application.
There are three methods to install erlang-yaws on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-yaws 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-yaws using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-yaws
Install erlang-yaws Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-yaws using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-yaws
Install erlang-yaws 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-yaws using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-yaws
How To Uninstall erlang-yaws on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-yaws package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-yaws
Uninstall erlang-yaws And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-yaws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-yaws
Remove erlang-yaws Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-yaws configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-yaws
Remove erlang-yaws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-yaws configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-yaws
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-yaws package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
