How To Install erlang-parsetools on CentOS 8

erlang-parsetools is A set of parsing and lexical analysis tools

Introduction

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

What is erlang-parsetools

A set of parsing and lexical analysis tools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-parsetools

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-parsetools

How To Uninstall erlang-parsetools on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-parsetools

erlang-parsetools Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/leex.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/parsetools.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/parsetools.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/yecc.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/yeccparser.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/ebin/yeccscan.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/include
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/include/leexinc.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/parsetools-2.1.8/include/yeccpre.hrl

References

Summary

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