How To Install erlang-manpages on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-manpages using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-manpages

How To Uninstall erlang-manpages on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• erlang-manpages website

Summary

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