How To Install erlang-erl_docgen on CentOS 8

erlang-erl_docgen is A utility used to generate erlang HTML documentation

Introduction

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

What is `erlang-erl_docgen`

A utility used to generate erlang HTML documentation.

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

Install erlang-erl_docgen 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-erl_docgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-erl_docgen

Install erlang-erl_docgen 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-erl_docgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-erl_docgen

How To Uninstall erlang-erl_docgen on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-erl_docgen

erlang-erl_docgen Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin/docgen_edoc_xml_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin/docgen_otp_specs.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin/docgen_xmerl_xml_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin/erl_docgen.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/ebin/erl_docgen.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/bin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/bin/codeline_preprocessing.escript
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/bin/xml_from_edoc.escript
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/css
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/css/highlight.css
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/css/otp_doc.css
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/application.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/appref.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/book.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/bookinsidecover.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/chapter.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/cites.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.entities.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.header.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.image.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.refs.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/common.table.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/comref.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/cref.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/erlref.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/fascicules.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/fileref.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/part.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/report.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/terms.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/xhtml-special.ent
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/xhtml-symbol.ent
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/xhtml1-frameset.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/xhtml1-strict.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd/xhtml1-transitional.dtd
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd_html_entities
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd_html_entities/xhtml-lat1.ent
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd_man_entities
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/dtd_man_entities/xhtml-lat1.ent
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/images
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/images/erlang-logo.gif
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/images/erlang-logo.png
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js/flipmenu
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js/flipmenu/flip_closed.gif
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js/flipmenu/flip_open.gif
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js/flipmenu/flip_static.gif
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/js/flipmenu/flipmenu.js
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_eix.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_funcs.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_html_params.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_man.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_pdf.xsl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/erl_docgen-0.9.1/priv/xsl/db_pdf_params.xsl

References

erlang-erl_docgen website

Summary

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