How To Install erlang-cowlib on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-cowlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-cowlib

How To Uninstall erlang-cowlib on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-cowlib website

Summary

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