How To Install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cuttlefish in Fedora 36. erlang-cuttlefish is A library for dealing with sysctl-like configuration syntax

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36.

What is `erlang-cuttlefish`

Cuttlefish is a library for Erlang applications that wish to walk the fine line between Erlang app.configs and a sysctl-like syntax. The name is a pun on the pronunciation of ‘sysctl’ and jokes are better explained.

We can use yum or dnf to install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erlang-cuttlefish.

Install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-cuttlefish using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-cuttlefish

Install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-cuttlefish using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-cuttlefish

How To Uninstall erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the erlang-cuttlefish package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlang-cuttlefish

erlang-cuttlefish Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cuttlefish
/usr/share/doc/erlang-cuttlefish
/usr/share/doc/erlang-cuttlefish/README.md
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/conf_parse.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish.app
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_advanced.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_bytesize.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_conf.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_datatypes.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_duration.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_duration_parse.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_effective.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_enum.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_error.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_escript.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_flag.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_generator.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_mapping.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_schema.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_translation.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_unit.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_util.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_validator.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_variable.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/cuttlefish_vmargs.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/cuttlefish-2.1.0/ebin/lager_stderr_backend.beam

References

erlang-cuttlefish website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-cuttlefish on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).