erlang

Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability. Some of its uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/erlang as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/erlang)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/erlang)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/erlang --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/ct_run
• /bin/dialyzer
• /bin/epmd
• /bin/erl
• /bin/erlc
• /bin/escript
• /bin/run_erl
• /bin/to_erl
• /bin/typer

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/erlang --binlink
» Installing core/erlang
☁ Determining latest version of core/erlang in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328) than remote version (core/erlang/21.3/20200404003757)
→ Using core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328
★ Install of core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking typer from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked typer from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/typer
» Binlinking to_erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked to_erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/to_erl
» Binlinking ct_run from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked ct_run from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/ct_run
» Binlinking erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/erl
» Binlinking escript from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked escript from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/escript
» Binlinking run_erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked run_erl from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/run_erl
» Binlinking epmd from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked epmd from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/epmd
» Binlinking dialyzer from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked dialyzer from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/dialyzer
» Binlinking erlc from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 into /bin
★ Binlinked erlc from core/erlang/21.3/20200827070328 to /bin/erlc

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example, save the following erlang script and call it hello:

#!/usr/bin/env escript
-export([main/1]).
main([]) -> io:format("Hello, World!~n").

Then do the following:

/bin/escript hello or escript hello

$ escript hello
Hello, World!