How To Install erlang-hyper on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-hyper in Fedora 36. erlang-hyper is An implementation of the HyperLogLog algorithm in Erlang

Introduction

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

What is `erlang-hyper`

An implementation of the HyperLogLog algorithm in Erlang. Using HyperLogLog you can estimate the cardinality of very large data sets using constant memory. The relative error is 1.04 * sqrt(2^P). When creating a new HyperLogLog filter, you provide the precision P, allowing you to trade memory for accuracy. The union of two filters is lossless.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-hyper

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-hyper

How To Uninstall erlang-hyper on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-hyper

erlang-hyper Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/b245a8777291e2c1e82c9f91a5392906750e09
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_array.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_binary.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_binary_rle.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_carray.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_const.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_gb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/ebin/hyper_register.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/hyper-0/priv/hyper_carray.so
/usr/share/doc/erlang-hyper
/usr/share/doc/erlang-hyper/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-hyper
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-hyper/LICENSE

References

erlang-hyper website

Summary

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