How To Install erlang-diameter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-diameter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-diameter
erlang-diameter is:
Interface with which a user creates a service that sends and receives messages using the Diameter protocol as defined in RFC 6733.
There are three methods to install erlang-diameter 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-diameter 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-diameter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-diameter
Install erlang-diameter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-diameter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-diameter
Install erlang-diameter 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-diameter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-diameter
How To Uninstall erlang-diameter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-diameter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-diameter
Uninstall erlang-diameter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-diameter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-diameter
Remove erlang-diameter Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-diameter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-diameter
Remove erlang-diameter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-diameter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-diameter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-diameter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
