How To Install erlang-horse on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is erlang-horse

erlang-horse is:

Horse is designed to provide quick feedback on the performance of units of code, for example a function or a group of functions.

Horse works in a manner similar to the eunit application: it will export automatically all the performance test functions, run them one after another and give you a convenient report.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-horse

Install erlang-horse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-horse

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-horse

How To Uninstall erlang-horse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-horse

Uninstall erlang-horse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-horse

Remove erlang-horse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-horse

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-horse have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base-hipe

References

• erlang-horse website

Summary

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