How To Install erlang-manpages on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-manpages on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-manpages
erlang-manpages is:
Documentation for the Erlang programming language in
man' format. This documentation can be read using the commanderl -man mod’, where `mod' is the name of the module you want documentation on.
This package contains all Erlang/OTP manual pages from sections other than 1. They document Erlang/OTP modules, config files and applications.
There are three methods to install erlang-manpages 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-manpages 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-manpages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-manpages
Install erlang-manpages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-manpages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-manpages
Install erlang-manpages 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-manpages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-manpages
How To Uninstall erlang-manpages on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-manpages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-manpages
Uninstall erlang-manpages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-manpages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-manpages
Remove erlang-manpages Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-manpages configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-manpages
Remove erlang-manpages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-manpages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-manpages
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-manpages package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
