How To Install erlang-xmerl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-xmerl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-xmerl
erlang-xmerl is:
The xmerl application contains modules for processing XML.
There are three methods to install erlang-xmerl
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-xmerl 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-xmerl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-xmerl
Install erlang-xmerl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-xmerl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-xmerl
Install erlang-xmerl 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-xmerl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-xmerl
How To Uninstall erlang-xmerl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-xmerl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-xmerl
Uninstall erlang-xmerl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-xmerl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-xmerl
Remove erlang-xmerl Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-xmerl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-xmerl
Remove erlang-xmerl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-xmerl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-xmerl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-xmerl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.