How To Install rebar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rebar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rebar
rebar is:
rebar is an Erlang build tool that makes it easy to compile and test Erlang applications, port drivers and releases.
rebar is a self-contained Erlang script, so it’s easy to distribute or even embed directly in a project. Where possible, rebar uses standard Erlang/OTP conventions for project structures, thus minimizing the amount of build configuration work. rebar also provides dependency management, enabling application writers to easily re-use common libraries from a variety of locations (git, hg, etc).
There are three methods to install rebar 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 rebar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rebar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rebar
Install rebar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rebar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rebar
Install rebar 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 rebar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rebar
How To Uninstall rebar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rebar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rebar
Uninstall rebar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rebar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rebar
Remove rebar Configurations and Data
To remove rebar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rebar
Remove rebar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rebar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rebar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rebar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
