How To Install erlang-runtime-tools on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-runtime-tools on Debian 12.

What is erlang-runtime-tools

erlang-runtime-tools is:

Runtime_Tools provides low-footprint tracing/debugging tools suitable for inclusion in a production system.

There are three methods to install erlang-runtime-tools on Debian 12. 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-runtime-tools 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-runtime-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-runtime-tools

Install erlang-runtime-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-runtime-tools

Install erlang-runtime-tools 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-runtime-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-runtime-tools

How To Uninstall erlang-runtime-tools on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-runtime-tools

Uninstall erlang-runtime-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-runtime-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-runtime-tools

Remove erlang-runtime-tools Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-runtime-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-runtime-tools

Remove erlang-runtime-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-runtime-tools

Dependencies

erlang-runtime-tools have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-runtime-tools website
• erlang-runtime-tools on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-runtime-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.