How To Install erlang-cowlib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cowlib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-cowlib
erlang-cowlib is:
Cowlib provides libraries for parsing and building messages for various Web protocols, including SPDY, HTTP and Websocket.
It is optimized for completeness rather than speed. No value is ignored, they are all returned.
There are three methods to install erlang-cowlib 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-cowlib 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-cowlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-cowlib
Install erlang-cowlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-cowlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-cowlib
Install erlang-cowlib 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-cowlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-cowlib
How To Uninstall erlang-cowlib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-cowlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-cowlib
Uninstall erlang-cowlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-cowlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-cowlib
Remove erlang-cowlib Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-cowlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-cowlib
Remove erlang-cowlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-cowlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-cowlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cowlib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
