Instructions for installing the latest Elixir and Erlang using asdf version manager

latest_elixir_erlang.md

Check if asdf is installed, if not install

which asdf || echo "asdf not found"
git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf --branch v0.13.1 && echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"' >> ~/.bashrc && echo '. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc && asdf --version

Add the Elixir and Erlang plugins

asdf plugin add erlang && asdf plugin add elixir

List the last 8 versions of each

asdf list-all erlang | grep -E '^27' | tail -5 && echo "---" && asdf list-all elixir | grep -E '^1\.18' | tail -8

install the Erlang dependencies (Debian)

apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf m4 libncurses5-dev libssl-dev libwxgtk3.2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpng-dev libssh-dev unixodbc-dev xsltproc fop libxml2-utils default-jdk

install Erlang and wait for build where <erlang-version> like '27.4.2'

asdf install erlang <erlang-version>

install Elixir build with matching Erlang OTP major version number like '1.18.2-otp-27'

asdf install elixir <elixir-version>-otp-<erlang-major-version>

set the asdf global versions for Erlang and Elixir:

asdf global erlang 27.2.4 && asdf global elixir 1.18.2-otp-27 && asdf current

Verify

erl -version && elixir --version