How to Install and Uninstall erlang Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "erlang" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install erlang on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall erlang on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                erlang
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the erlang package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: erlang
Version: 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers
Architecture: all
Depends: erlang-base:any | erlang-base-hipe: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
Homepage: http://www.erlang.org/
Tag: devel::TODO, devel::interpreter
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/erlang/erlang_23.2.6+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 39208
MD5sum: f3b2968caf211da10a3d0a17949e149e
SHA256: 19f176c1e6a7ced318fd9f822cd21de7b7b949a635f5c702aed9dae353bebaa1