How To Install erlang-getopt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-getopt in Fedora 36. erlang-getopt is Erlang module to parse command line arguments using the GNU getopt syntax

Introduction

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

What is erlang-getopt

Command-line parsing module that uses a syntax similar to that of GNU getopt.

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

Install erlang-getopt 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-getopt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-getopt

Install erlang-getopt 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-getopt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-getopt

How To Uninstall erlang-getopt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-getopt

erlang-getopt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/README.md
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples/ex1.erl
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples/ex1.escript
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples/getopt_long_help.escript
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples/rebar_test.erl
/usr/share/doc/erlang-getopt/examples/rebar_test.escript
/usr/share/erlang/lib/getopt-1.0.2
/usr/share/erlang/lib/getopt-1.0.2/ebin
/usr/share/erlang/lib/getopt-1.0.2/ebin/getopt.app
/usr/share/erlang/lib/getopt-1.0.2/ebin/getopt.beam
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-getopt
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-getopt/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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