Install Erlang 21.0 on Ubuntu

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Jiri Laza edited this page Jan 5, 2025 · 1 revision

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential checkinstall zlib1g-dev

Download and build OpenSSL 1.1.x

wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz
tar -xvzf openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.1.1w
./config --prefix=/opt/openssl-1.1 --openssldir=/opt/openssl-1.1 shared zlib
make
sudo make install

Set environment variables and install Erlang

export ERLANG_OPENSSL_PATH="/opt/openssl-1.1"
export KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--with-ssl=/opt/openssl-1.1"
asdf install erlang 21.0