How To Install erlang-idna on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is erlang-idna

erlang-idna is:

This library adds support for IDNA 2008 and IDNA 2003 to Erlang. IDNA is short for “Internationalized Domain Names in Applications” and is standardized in RFC 5891.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-idna

Install erlang-idna Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-idna

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-idna

How To Uninstall erlang-idna on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-idna

Uninstall erlang-idna And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-idna

Remove erlang-idna Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-idna

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-idna have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-idna website

Summary

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