How to Install erlang-ranch software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install erlang-ranch software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

erlang-ranch software package provides socket acceptor pool for TCP protocols in Erlang, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install erlang-ranch 

erlang-ranch is installed in your system.

Make ensure the erlang-ranch package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep erlang-ranch *

You will get with erlang-ranch package name, version, architecture and description in a table

erlang-ranch package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package erlang-ranch
Version 1.1.0-1
Description socket acceptor pool for TCP protocols in Erlang
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove erlang-ranch software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?