This guide will go through how to Install Elixir on Ubuntu 22.04. Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications. The Erlang virtual machine, which powers Elixir, is renowned for building distributed, fault-tolerant systems with low latency. With the help of these features and the Elixir tooling, developers may work efficiently in a variety of fields across various sectors, including web development, embedded applications, data pipelines, and multimedia processing.
How to Install Elixir on Ubuntu 22.04
- Update your system packages.
sudo apt update- Next, let us install Erlang which is required by Elixir to run. Start by adding the Erlang repository to your system using the commands below.
wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_2.0_all.debsudo apt install ./erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb- Update your system to apply changes.
sudo apt update- Then install Erlang using the following command.
sudo apt install erlangSample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: ca-certificates-java default-jre-headless erlang-asn1 erlang-base erlang-common-test erlang-crypto erlang-debugger erlang-dev erlang-dialyzer erlang-diameter erlang-edoc erlang-eldap erlang-erl-docgen erlang-et erlang-eunit erlang-examples erlang-ftp erlang-inets erlang-jinterface erlang-megaco erlang-mnesia erlang-mode erlang-observer erlang-odbc erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key erlang-reltool erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-src erlang-ssh erlang-ssl erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-wx erlang-xmerl java-common javascript-common libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-metadata libjs-jquery-tablesorter libodbc2 libsctp1 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk-webview3.0-gtk3-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 openjdk-11-jre-headless Suggested packages: default-jre erlang-manpages erlang-doc xsltproc fop odbc-postgresql tdsodbc lksctp-tools fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho fonts-wqy-microhei | fonts-wqy-zenhei The following NEW packages will be installed: ca-certificates-java default-jre-headless erlang erlang-asn1 erlang-base erlang-common-test erlang-crypto erlang-debugger erlang-dev erlang-dialyzer erlang-diameter erlang-edoc erlang-eldap erlang-erl-docgen erlang-et erlang-eunit erlang-examples erlang-ftp erlang-inets erlang-jinterface erlang-megaco erlang-mnesia erlang-mode erlang-observer erlang-odbc erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key erlang-reltool erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-src erlang-ssh erlang-ssl erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-wx erlang-xmerl java-common javascript-common libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-metadata libjs-jquery-tablesorter libodbc2 libsctp1 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk-webview3.0-gtk3-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 openjdk-11-jre-headless 0 upgraded, 50 newly installed, 0 to remove and 333 not upgraded. Need to get 89.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 300 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
- To confirm Erlang is installed, run the command below.
erlSample output
Erlang/OTP 24 [erts-12.2.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [ds:2:2:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]
Eshell V12.2.1 (abort with ^G)
1>- Next, install Elixir using the command below.
sudo apt install elixirSample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: elixir 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 333 not upgraded. Need to get 4,379 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,996 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ke.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 elixir amd64 1.12.2.dfsg-2.2 [4,379 kB] Fetched 4,379 kB in 48s (91.5 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package elixir. (Reading database ... 204827 files and directories currently insta lled.) Preparing to unpack .../elixir_1.12.2.dfsg-2.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking elixir (1.12.2.dfsg-2.2) ... Setting up elixir (1.12.2.dfsg-2.2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
- Check the version of Exilir installed using the following command.
elixir -vSample output
Erlang/OTP 24 [erts-12.2.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [ds:2:2:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]
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- That concludes our article on how to install Elixir on Ubuntu 22.04
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