How to Install and Uninstall erlang Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the erlang on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "erlang" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install erlang on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "erlang" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall erlang on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the erlang package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: erlang
Version: 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers
Architecture: all
Depends: erlang-base:any, erlang-dev:any, erlang-asn1:any, erlang-common-test:any, erlang-crypto:any, erlang-debugger:any, erlang-dialyzer:any, erlang-diameter:any, erlang-edoc:any, erlang-eldap:any, erlang-erl-docgen:any, erlang-et:any, erlang-eunit:any, erlang-ftp:any, erlang-inets:any, erlang-megaco:any, erlang-mnesia:any, erlang-observer:any, erlang-odbc:any, erlang-os-mon:any, erlang-parsetools:any, erlang-public-key:any, erlang-reltool:any, erlang-runtime-tools:any, erlang-snmp:any, erlang-ssh:any, erlang-ssl:any, erlang-syntax-tools:any, erlang-tftp:any, erlang-tools:any, erlang-wx:any, erlang-xmerl:any
Recommends: erlang-jinterface, erlang-mode, erlang-src, erlang-examples
Suggests: erlang-manpages, erlang-doc
Description: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language
Description-md5: 444ffdeb0f4a95a7e36f20d18ac794cb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.erlang.org/
Tag: devel::TODO, devel::interpreter
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/erlang/erlang_25.2.3+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 15520
MD5sum: 815d5ee3741a22570cbafe287f85c46b
SHA256: 5edd131ca99665bb376a4ace1f3777303cb689f3136b8fd9158c1fada454bc99