how to install dependencies for erlang

Question

How to install erlang dependencies in ubuntu?

What is the recommended way to do this? What sort of tools are useful?

For example:

• nodejs I might use nvm and npm
• python i might use venv and pip
• c maybe something like conan

Is there an equivalent package manager for erlang? I saw something about rebar?

Or would it be more a process of tracking down each of the needed dependencies and compiling each, and placing them in $PATH?

Answer 1

Ah, rebar looks pretty decent.

I see it can be as simple as:

0) sudo apt-get install erlang-dev

1) setup a rebar.config

2) rebar get-deps

See:

• http://www.rebar3.org/docs/configuration
• https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/blob/master/rebar.config.sample