How To Install erlang-mimerl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-mimerl on Debian 11.
What is erlang-mimerl
erlang-mimerl is:
Parse IANA media types (formerly known as MIME types). mimerl provides functions to transform file extension to mimetype, web extension to mimetype, filename to mimetype, web path to mimetype, and to return the list of extensions for a mimetype.
There are three methods to install erlang-mimerl on Debian 11. 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-mimerl 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-mimerl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-mimerl
Install erlang-mimerl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-mimerl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-mimerl
Install erlang-mimerl 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-mimerl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-mimerl
How To Uninstall erlang-mimerl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the erlang-mimerl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-mimerl
Uninstall erlang-mimerl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-mimerl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-mimerl
Remove erlang-mimerl Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-mimerl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-mimerl
Remove erlang-mimerl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-mimerl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-mimerl
Dependencies
erlang-mimerl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-mimerl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.