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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install erlang-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-toolsInstall erlang-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install erlang-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-toolsInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install erlang-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-toolsHow 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-toolsUninstall 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-toolsRemove 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-toolsRemove 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-toolsDependencies
erlang-tools have the following dependencies:
References
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.
