Thread: Erlang Install

i using ubunut precise (12.04 lts) in vmware (for months)

had erlang r14b04 installed.

used commands (below) install r15b

went fine, when run erl @ command prompt, r14b04 shell

cannot locate activate command (listed on post)

how set erl new r15 version ?




commands used were:

apt-get -y install build-essential m4 libncurses5-dev libssh-dev unixodbc-dev libgmp3-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libglu1-mesa-dev fop xsltproc default-jdk

mkdir -p /src/erlang

cd /src/erlang

wget http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_r15b.tar.gz

tar -xvzf otp_src_r15b.tar.gz

chmod -r 777 otp_src_r15b

cd otp_src_r15b

./configure

make

make install

note: used sudo appropriate , got no install errors!!

a simple solution add erlang path path variable in ~/.bashrc file. this:
1. edit ~/.bashrc text editor (vim or other)

code:

vim ~/.bashrc

2. add these lines (change path real erlang path)

code:

erlang_home=/path/to/erlang15b export path=$path:$erlang_home/bin

3. save , quit
4. load ~/.bashrc

code:

source ~/.bashrc

5. try erl command

code:

erl

another solution install erlang 15b via ppa repository, one: https://launchpad.net/~scattino/+archive/ppa

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