How To Install erlang-corba on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-corba on Debian 9. erlang-corba is Erlang/OTP applications for CORBA support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-corba on Debian 9.

What is erlang-corba

erlang-corba is:

The Orber application is an Erlang implementation of a CORBA Object Request Broker.

The cosEvent application is an Erlang implementation of a CORBA Service CosEvent.

The cosEventDomain application is an Erlang implementation of a CORBA Service CosEventDomainAdmin.

The cosFileTransfer Application is an Erlang implementation of the OMG CORBA File Transfer Service.

The cosNotification application is an Erlang implementation of the OMG CORBA Notification Service.

The cosProperty Application is an Erlang implementation of the OMG CORBA Property Service.

The cosTime application is an Erlang implementation of the OMG CORBA Time and TimerEvent Services.

The cosTransactions application is an Erlang implementation of the OMG CORBA Transaction Service.

There are three methods to install erlang-corba on Debian 9. 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-corba 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-corba using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-corba

Install erlang-corba Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-corba

Install erlang-corba Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-corba

How To Uninstall erlang-corba on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-corba

Uninstall erlang-corba And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-corba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-corba

Remove erlang-corba Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-corba configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-corba

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-corba have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-corba package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.