How To Install erlang-observer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is erlang-observer

erlang-observer is:

The OBSERVER application contains tools for tracing and investigation of distributed systems. They include etop - a tool for presenting information about Erlang processes, and crashdump_viewer - a HTML based tool for browsing Erlang crashdumps.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-observer

Install erlang-observer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-observer

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-observer

How To Uninstall erlang-observer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-observer

Uninstall erlang-observer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-observer

Remove erlang-observer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-observer

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-observer have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-observer website

Summary

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