esl-erlang and elixir not found while installing

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I have been installing esl-erlang and elixir over the last 2 years using the following commands:

wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs -y
sudo apt-get install -y esl-erlang=1:21.3.2-1 elixir=1.8.1-2

However, it’s not working anymore. It says:

E: Version '1:21.3.2-1' for 'esl-erlang' was not found
E: Version '1.8.1-2' for 'elixir' was not found

I have tried with different versions and with erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb but with no luck.

Any idea what is the problem?

Many thanks!

2

These packages are not maintained by the Erlang and Elixir teams. You’re better off to start using asdf to manage installed versions of tools / languages at one point.

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3

Do you mean these old versions? Is that the reason why I am getting a not found error?

Where can I find more information about it? It was working fine in the beginning of the year. Was this announced somewhere?

Anyway, asdf does not have the version I am looking for, which is the 1.8.1-2. It only has the 1.8.1 or the 1.8.2. The same goes with the erlang.

I also tried to install using the these commands:

wget http://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang/debian/pool/esl-erlang_21.3.2-1~ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i esl-erlang_21.3.2-1~ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang/debian/pool/elixir_1.8.1-2~ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i elixir_1.8.1-2~ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb

but without any luck, it returns the following errors:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of esl-erlang:
 esl-erlang depends on libwxbase2.8-0 | libwxbase3.0-0 | libwxbase3.0-0v5; however:
  Package libwxbase2.8-0 is not installed.
  Package libwxbase3.0-0 is not installed.
  Package libwxbase3.0-0v5 is not installed.
 esl-erlang depends on libwxgtk2.8-0 | libwxgtk3.0-0 | libwxgtk3.0-0v5; however:
  Package libwxgtk2.8-0 is not installed.
  Package libwxgtk3.0-0 is not installed.
  Package libwxgtk3.0-0v5 is not installed.
 esl-erlang depends on libsctp1; however:
  Package libsctp1 is not installed.

Thanks

4

FWIW, those -2 suffixes aren’t official versions, they are artifact versions:

They may have been made into a .deb with different settings, but the language inside is the same.

dpkg is lower-level than apt-get: you’ll need to install the dependencies specified yourself.

5

Could you please tell me what is the oldest package maintained by the Erlang and Elixir teams? Where can I check that?