How To Install erlang-edoc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-edoc on Kali Linux.

What is erlang-edoc

erlang-edoc is:

EDoc is the Erlang program documentation generator. Inspired by the Javadoc tool for the Java programming language, EDoc is adapted to the conventions of the Erlang world.

There are three methods to install erlang-edoc on Kali Linux. 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-edoc 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-edoc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-edoc

Install erlang-edoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-edoc

Install erlang-edoc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-edoc

How To Uninstall erlang-edoc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove erlang-edoc

Uninstall erlang-edoc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-edoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-edoc

Remove erlang-edoc Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-edoc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-edoc

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

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

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

Dependencies

erlang-edoc have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-edoc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-edoc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.