How To Install erlang-sext on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-sext in Fedora 36. erlang-sext is Sortable Erlang Term Serialization

Introduction

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

What is `erlang-sext`

A sortable serialization library This library offers a serialization format (a la term_to_binary()) that preserves the Erlang term order.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-sext

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-sext

How To Uninstall erlang-sext on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-sext

erlang-sext Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/erlang-sext
/usr/share/doc/erlang-sext/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/erlang-sext/README.md
/usr/share/doc/erlang-sext/examples
/usr/share/doc/erlang-sext/examples/tt_proto.erl
/usr/share/erlang/lib/sext-1.8.0
/usr/share/erlang/lib/sext-1.8.0/ebin
/usr/share/erlang/lib/sext-1.8.0/ebin/sext.app
/usr/share/erlang/lib/sext-1.8.0/ebin/sext.beam
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-sext
/usr/share/licenses/erlang-sext/LICENSE

References

erlang-sext website

Summary

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