Elixir 1.10.1 on Windows crashes always

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Hi, I updated elixir to 1.10.1, now I always get a crash whether I run mix hex.info or iex -S mix phx.server or any other command.
For example with iex -S mix phx.server I get this message:

“c:/Program Files (x86)/Elixir/lib/iex/ebin/Elixir.IEx.CLI.beam”
badfile
2020-02-12 15:41:33 ~s~n
“beam/beam_load.c(1862): Error loading module ‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’:\n This BEAM file was compiled for a later version of the run-time system than 20.\n To fix this, please recompile this module with an 20 compiler.\n (Use of opcode 162; this emulator supports only up to 159.)\n”
2020-02-12 15:41:33 crash_report
initial_call: {supervisor_bridge,user_sup,[‘Argument__1’]}
pid: <0.49.0>
registered_name: []
error_info: {error,undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,100}]},{user_sup,init,1,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,49}]},{supervisor_bridge,init,1,[{file,“supervisor_bridge.erl”},{line,80}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,365}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,333}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}
ancestors: [kernel_sup,<0.36.0>]
message_queue_len: 0
messages: []
links: [<0.37.0>]
dictionary: []
trap_exit: true
status: running
heap_size: 987
stack_size: 27
reductions: 223
2020-02-12 15:41:33 supervisor_report
supervisor: {local,kernel_sup}
errorContext: start_error
reason: {undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,100}]},{user_sup,init,1,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,49}]},{supervisor_bridge,init,1,[{file,“supervisor_bridge.erl”},{line,80}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,365}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,333}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}
offender: [{pid,undefined},{id,user},{mfargs,{user_sup,start,[]}},{restart_type,temporary},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,supervisor}]
2020-02-12 15:41:33 crash_report
initial_call: {application_master,init,[‘Argument__1’,‘Argument__2’,‘Argument__3’,‘Argument__4’]}
pid: <0.35.0>
registered_name: []
error_info: {exit,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,100}]},{user_sup,init,1,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,49}]},{supervisor_bridge,init,1,[{file,“supervisor_bridge.erl”},{line,80}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,365}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,333}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}},[{application_master,init,4,[{file,“application_master.erl”},{line,134}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}
ancestors: [<0.34.0>]
message_queue_len: 1
messages: [{‘EXIT’,<0.36.0>,normal}]
links: [<0.34.0>,<0.33.0>]
dictionary: []
trap_exit: true
status: running
heap_size: 987
stack_size: 27
reductions: 243
2020-02-12 15:41:33 std_info
application: kernel
exited: {{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,100}]},{user_sup,init,1,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,49}]},{supervisor_bridge,init,1,[{file,“supervisor_bridge.erl”},{line,80}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,365}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,333}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}
type: permanent
{“Kernel pid terminated”,application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,100}]},{user_sup,init,1,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{line,49}]},{supervisor_bridge,init,1,[{file,“supervisor_bridge.erl”},{line,80}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,365}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,333}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,247}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{‘Elixir.IEx.CLI’,start,[],[]},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,"user_sup.

Crash dump is being written to: erl_crash.dump…done

Does version 1.10.1 on Windows work for someone?
BTW I have the latest version of Windows and have used the normal elixir-websetup.exe.

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Elixir 1.10 requires at least Erlang OTP 21, though your system seems to still run OTP 20. You need to update your OTP version.

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Thanks, but I haven’t installed Erlang, as far as I know Erlang is installed or updated by the elixir-websetup.exe or no?

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Yes, it installs erlang, though it offers to install erlang 21 when I try it.

I can’t test which version will be actually installed, I do not want to have erlang or elixir installed on the windows host.

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A post was split to a new topic: Can’t compile elixir 1.10.1 on CentOS 7

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Really?
I just tried the elixir-websetup.exe again, there is no choice if I want to install erlang 21.

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I’d suggest you try installing both Erlang and Elixir through asdf and check if the problem persists.

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Have you forced to redownload it from the website? Also, have you removed erlang first? Perhaps the installer won’t offer to isntall erlang when it finds one.

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asdf-vm does not support windows natively, its only possible by installing a good bunch of other tools.

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Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn’t make sense to me. I have often used Elixir with the elixir-websetup.exe (for 2 years now) and it has always worked. Why should it not work now?

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When I installed Elixir 1.10 in Windows 10 it asked to install Erlang. Maybe uninstall both Erlang and Elixir and try again.

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Yes, I will try it, but it does not help to improve the elixir web setup, this is what the setup should do and what it has always done until now.

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In that case uninstall what you had and first install Erlang 21 or 22 separately, and then Elixir.

“Should work” yep okay, but it doesn’t. :slightly_smiling_face: Try this method and let’s take it from there.

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@Werner Perhaps you could try installing it through a package manager to make it a little bit easier:

Chocolatey

choco install -y erlang
choco install -y elixir

Scoop

scoop install erlang
scoop install elixir

Please, check the available versions for both Chocolatey and Scoop.
For Scoop at least, the main buckets are up to date:

PS: Scoop has also a nifty built-in way to manage installed versions

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Uninstall BOTH Elixir AND Erlang, then make a clean Elixir install. There’s no need to use Chocolatey.
You could of course install Erlang separately, that should fix the issue too, but just uninstalling them and re-running the Elixir web installer works fine.

Also, check your PATH to make sure windows looks for Erlang at the correct path.

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