How To Install erlang-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is erlang-tools

erlang-tools is:

The Tools application contains a number of stand-alone tools, which are useful when developing Erlang programs.

cover - A coverage analysis tool for Erlang. cprof - A profiling tool that shows how many times each function is called. Uses a kind of local call trace breakpoints containing counters to achieve very low runtime performance degradation. eprof - A time profiling tool; measures how time is used in Erlang programs. Predecessor of fprof (see below). fprof - Another Erlang profiler; measures how time is used in Erlang programs. Uses trace to file to minimize runtime performance impact, and displays time for calling and called functions. instrument - Utility functions for obtaining and analyzing resource usage in an instrumented Erlang runtime system. make - A make utility for Erlang similar to UNIX make. tags - A tool for generating Emacs TAGS files from Erlang source files. xref - A cross reference tool. Can be used to check dependencies between functions, modules, applications and releases.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-tools

Install erlang-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-tools

How To Uninstall erlang-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-tools

Uninstall erlang-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-tools

Remove erlang-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-tools have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-tools website

Summary

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