How To Install erlang-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. erlang-doc is Erlang/OTP HTML/PDF documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is erlang-doc

erlang-doc is:

Documentation for the Erlang programming language and OTP library in HTML and PDF formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-doc

Install erlang-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-doc

How To Uninstall erlang-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-doc

Uninstall erlang-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-doc

Remove erlang-doc Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.