How To Install erlang-syntax_tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-syntax_tools on CentOS 8.
What is erlang-syntax_tools
A utility used to handle abstract Erlang syntax trees, reading source files differently, pretty-printing syntax trees.
We can use yum or dnf to install erlang-syntax_tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erlang-syntax_tools.
Install erlang-syntax_tools 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-syntax_tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install erlang-syntax_tools
Install erlang-syntax_tools 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-syntax_tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install erlang-syntax_tools
How To Uninstall erlang-syntax_tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the erlang-syntax_tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove erlang-syntax_tools
erlang-syntax_tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/epp_dodger.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_comment_scan.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_prettypr.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_recomment.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_syntax.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_syntax_lib.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/erl_tidy.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/igor.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/merl.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/merl_transform.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/prettypr.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/syntax_tools.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/ebin/syntax_tools.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/include
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/syntax_tools-2.2/include/merl.hrl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-syntax_tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
