How To Install erlang-mnesia on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is erlang-mnesia

erlang-mnesia is:

Mnesia is a distributed Database Management System (DBMS), appropriate for telecommunications applications and other Erlang applications which require continuous operation and exhibit soft real-time properties.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-mnesia

Install erlang-mnesia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-mnesia

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-mnesia

How To Uninstall erlang-mnesia on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-mnesia

Uninstall erlang-mnesia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-mnesia

Remove erlang-mnesia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-mnesia

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-mnesia have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-mnesia website

Summary

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