How To Install erlang-manpages on Debian 10

Learn how to install erlang-manpages on Debian 10 with this tutorial. erlang-manpages is Erlang/OTP manual pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-manpages on Debian 10.

What is erlang-manpages

erlang-manpages is:

Documentation for the Erlang programming language in man' format. This documentation can be read using the command erl -man mod’, where `mod' is the name of the module you want documentation on.

This package contains all Erlang/OTP manual pages from sections other than 1. They document Erlang/OTP modules, config files and applications.

There are three methods to install erlang-manpages on Debian 10. 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-manpages 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-manpages using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-manpages

Install erlang-manpages Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-manpages

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-manpages

How To Uninstall erlang-manpages on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-manpages

Uninstall erlang-manpages And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-manpages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-manpages

Remove erlang-manpages Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-manpages configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-manpages

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-manpages have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-manpages package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.