Information about the package, erlang, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The erlang package is designed for, General-purpose programming language and runtime environment.
Package Name:
erlang
Summary:
General-purpose programming language and runtime environment
Description:
Erlang is a general-purpose programming language and runtime environment. Erlang has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance. Erlang is used in several large telecommunication systems from Ericsson.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
R14B
Release:
04.3.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ERPL
Control the erlang package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install erlang
This command will install erlang on the server.
yum remove erlang
This command will un-install erlang on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove erlang, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove erlang
This command will un-install erlang on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove erlang when using the -y flag.
yum update erlang
This command will update erlang to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove erlang, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update erlang
This command will update erlang to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove erlang when using the -y flag.
yum info erlang
This command will show you core information about the erlang package.
yum deplist erlang
This command will show you the dependencies for erlang. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update erlang
This command will check if there is an update waiting on erlang. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.