Download Elixir on Linux withou sudo-permission

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Hello,

I would like to install Elixir on a server at my university. Unfortunately I don’t have Sudo rights to execute the commands:

Ubuntu 14.04/16.04/17.04/18.04/19.04 or Debian 7/8/9/10
Add Erlang Solutions repository: wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb
Run: sudo apt-get update
Install the Erlang/OTP platform and all of its applications: sudo apt-get install esl-erlang
Install Elixir: sudo apt-get install elixir

is there possibly another way to do this?

Or are there other executable files to enable the installation of Erlang and Elixir?

Is there maybe an Erlang Version i could use that i dont have to install? Just some executables i can use to run my Elixir code?

regards

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You can use https://asdf-vm.com/ to install locally…
But in any case erlang need some extra library not present on a basic installation, so I’m not sure you can bypass the problem…

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Even for userspace installation, which do not require explicit usage of sudo, you should check with your universities IT department if it’s allowed.

When I was at uni, bringing any software into the system was strictly forbidden, unless they have been compiled on the universities system as part of an assignment.

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