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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "erlang-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install erlang-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "erlang-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall erlang-dev 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-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: erlang-dev
Source: erlang
Version: 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 2972
Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: erlang (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1), erlang-base (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1), erlang-base-hipe, erlang-examples (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1), erlang-mode (<< 1:12.b.1-dfsg-2), erlang-nox (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1), erlang-src (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1), erlang-x11 (<< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1)
Depends: erlang-base (= 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1)
Suggests: erlang, erlang-manpages, erlang-doc
Description: Erlang/OTP development libraries and headers
Description-md5: 023eca40c938a81e31cb3d07fa28976e
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://www.erlang.org/
Tag: devel::TODO, devel::library, implemented-in::TODO, role::devel-lib
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/erlang/erlang-dev_25.2.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 301272
MD5sum: 9d50f4d4472963fd167e539bb5a98ff6
SHA256: 2a5b76163857f5a0625418d3e358d2a10413ebbc6ece67266180ed3c8a055e2e