How To Install erlpmd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlpmd in Fedora 36. erlpmd is A drop-in replacement for epmd written in Erlang

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlpmd on Fedora 36.

What is `erlpmd`

A drop-in replacement for epmd written in Erlang.

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

Install erlpmd 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 erlpmd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlpmd

Install erlpmd 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 erlpmd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlpmd

How To Uninstall erlpmd on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the erlpmd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlpmd

erlpmd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/systemd/system/erlpmd.service
/usr/share/doc/erlpmd
/usr/share/doc/erlpmd/README.md
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/erlpmd.app
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/erlpmd.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/erlpmd_app.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/erlpmd_ctl.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/erlpmd_sup.beam
/usr/share/erlang/lib/erlpmd-3.0.0/ebin/tcp_listener.beam

References

erlpmd website

Summary

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