How To Install erlang-reltool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-reltool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is erlang-reltool
erlang-reltool is:
Reltool is a release management tool. It analyses a given Erlang/OTP installation and determines dependencies between applications. The graphical frontend depicts the dependencies and enables interactive customization of a target system. The backend provides a batch interface for generation of customized target systems.
There are three methods to install erlang-reltool 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-reltool 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-reltool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-reltool
Install erlang-reltool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-reltool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-reltool
Install erlang-reltool 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-reltool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-reltool
How To Uninstall erlang-reltool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the erlang-reltool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-reltool
Uninstall erlang-reltool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-reltool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-reltool
Remove erlang-reltool Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-reltool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-reltool
Remove erlang-reltool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-reltool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-reltool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-reltool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
