How To Install erlang-cowlib on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cowlib on Debian 9. erlang-cowlib is Erlang library for manipulating web protocols

Introduction

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

What is erlang-cowlib

erlang-cowlib is:

Cowlib provides libraries for parsing and building messages for various Web protocols, including SPDY, HTTP and Websocket.

It is optimized for completeness rather than speed. No value is ignored, they are all returned.

There are three methods to install erlang-cowlib 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-cowlib 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-cowlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-cowlib

Install erlang-cowlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-cowlib

Install erlang-cowlib 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-cowlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-cowlib

How To Uninstall erlang-cowlib on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-cowlib

Uninstall erlang-cowlib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-cowlib

Remove erlang-cowlib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-cowlib

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-cowlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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