How To Install erlang-debugger on CentOS 8

erlang-debugger is A debugger for debugging and testing of Erlang programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-debugger on CentOS 8.

What is `erlang-debugger`

A debugger for debugging and testing of Erlang programs.

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

Install erlang-debugger on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-debugger

Install erlang-debugger on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-debugger

How To Uninstall erlang-debugger on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-debugger

erlang-debugger Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_debugged.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_icmd.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_idb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_ieval.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_iload.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_iserver.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_istk.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_break.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_break_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_code.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_filedialog_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_interpret.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_mon.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_mon_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_settings.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_src_view.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_trace.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_trace_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_view.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/dbg_wx_winman.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/debugger.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/debugger.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/debugger.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/i.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/ebin/int.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/priv/debugger.gif
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/priv/debugger.tool
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/priv/erlang_bug.png
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/src
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/src/dbg_ieval.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/debugger-4.2.7/src/dbg_wx_filedialog_win.hrl

References

erlang-debugger website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-debugger on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.