How to Install and Uninstall erlang Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "erlang" package

Please follow the steps below to install erlang on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall erlang on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: erlang
Architecture: all
Version: 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 31
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
Filename: pool/universe/e/erlang/erlang_25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 16108
MD5sum: 50a547dc01f36a0c61943b5d9dac5c9b
SHA1: de43a0103be6479bfe8662cb034e73ac91bf897d
SHA256: 747bd9b5a42bf340089278f7eaac2cbbf12f9d365b0cab2e207375f2132427d0
SHA512: 2c58a64e03339c1250e497c5e0d91dcf03ef16a6196f1f2044ce56ba6d17c89cf0d29be5103534905058fe87cb4a177317d3112a97780b46fe56d0b12a778fa4
Homepage: http://www.erlang.org/
Description: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language
Description-md5: 444ffdeb0f4a95a7e36f20d18ac794cb