How To Install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8. erlang-reltool is A release management tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8.

What is erlang-reltool

Reltool is a release management tool. It analyses a given Erlang/OTP installation and determines various dependencies between applications. The graphical frontend depicts the dependencies and enables interactive customization of a target system. The backend provides a batch interface for generation of customized target systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erlang-reltool.

Install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-reltool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-reltool

Install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-reltool

How To Uninstall erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-reltool

erlang-reltool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_app_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_fgraph.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_fgraph_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_mod_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_server.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_sys_win.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_target.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/ebin/reltool_utils.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/src
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/src/reltool.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/reltool-0.8/src/reltool_fgraph.hrl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-reltool on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.