How To Install erlang-mimerl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-mimerl on Kali Linux. erlang-mimerl is Erlang library to handle mimetypes

Introduction

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

What is erlang-mimerl

erlang-mimerl is:

Parse IANA media types (formerly known as MIME types). mimerl provides functions to transform file extension to mimetype, web extension to mimetype, filename to mimetype, web path to mimetype, and to return the list of extensions for a mimetype.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-mimerl

Install erlang-mimerl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-mimerl

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-mimerl

How To Uninstall erlang-mimerl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-mimerl

Uninstall erlang-mimerl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-mimerl

Remove erlang-mimerl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-mimerl

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-mimerl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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