How To Install erlang-cl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cl on Kali Linux.

What is erlang-cl

erlang-cl is:

CL is an application which provides OpenCL bindings to Erlang. It resembles C API from http://www.khronos.org/opencl as close as possible.

There are three methods to install erlang-cl on Kali Linux. 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-cl 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-cl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-cl

Install erlang-cl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-cl

Install erlang-cl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-cl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-cl

How To Uninstall erlang-cl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-cl

Uninstall erlang-cl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-cl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-cl

Remove erlang-cl Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-cl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-cl

Remove erlang-cl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove erlang-cl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-cl

Dependencies

erlang-cl have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-cl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.