Elixir is a dynamic and functional programming language that is built on top of the Erlang virtual machine. In this tutorial, we will explain step-by-step how to install Elixir on FreeBSD latest version.
Before you start this tutorial, you need to have:
First, update the installed packages of FreeBSD with the following command:
sudo pkg update -f
To install Elixir on FreeBSD, we need to install some dependencies.
sudo pkg install gmake gcc49 git erlang openssl
Now, we need to clone the Elixir repository using git.
git clone https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git
Now, navigate into the Elixir directory and compile Elixir with the following commands:
cd elixir
make clean test
If everything runs successfully, install Elixir by running:
sudo make install
The installation process may take some time.
After the installation is complete, verify that Elixir has been successfully installed by running the following command:
elixir --version
You should see the installed Elixir version printed to the terminal:
Erlang/OTP 20 [erts-9.3] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] [dtrace]
Elixir 1.7.3 (compiled with OTP 20)
You have successfully installed Elixir on FreeBSD latest version. Now, you can start developing applications using Elixir.
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