How to Install and Uninstall erlang-observer Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "erlang-observer" package

This is a short guide on how to install erlang-observer on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install erlang-observer

2. Uninstall "erlang-observer" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall erlang-observer on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove erlang-observer $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the erlang-observer package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: erlang-observer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Source: erlang
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1168
Depends: erlang-base (= 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1) | erlang-base-hipe (= 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-et (= 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-runtime-tools (= 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-wx (= 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1)
Suggests: erlang, erlang-manpages, erlang-doc
Replaces: erlang (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-base (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-base-hipe (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-dev (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-doc (>> 1:23.2.6+dfsg-999), erlang-doc (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg), erlang-examples (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-manpages (<= 1:11.b.1-2), erlang-mode (<< 1:12.b.1-dfsg-2), erlang-nox (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-src (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1), erlang-x11 (<< 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1)
Filename: pool/universe/e/erlang/erlang-observer_23.2.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 852968
MD5sum: 05efbe63463f210e6a2a1883279db424
SHA1: 6301bf9171b52d233aa9b02f6127c660458babd3
SHA256: 7143d0e65b1d77fd304429f46023029d685f5a3583367c14e7cbebf638e7b689
SHA512: 94d30fee02cd7532370dd297419c36692b65afe4d14089bb705eff305f7db8b6200a5934650d27f938cc859baf2f1a11eb412efba781bd191bcc32fc20d44656
Homepage: http://www.erlang.org/
Description-en: Erlang/OTP application for investigating distributed systems
The OBSERVER application contains tools for tracing and investigation of
distributed systems. They include etop - a tool for presenting information
about Erlang processes, and crashdump_viewer - a HTML based tool for
browsing Erlang crashdumps.
Description-md5: 562a137fe6357e7dc7f07faca76776a1