How to install Elixir 1.11.3-otp-23 and Erlang 23.1.1 on Ubuntu 23.10?

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Hey everyone!

I’ve been trying to install Elixir 1.11.3-otp-23 and Erlang 23.1.1 on Ubuntu 23.10
and I would like to know if there is someone that already made or solve it.

As I try to install asdf install erlang 23.1.1, I receive the message Build Failed
Also, I read the message Probe failed for libncurses5-dev on log and seems that this lib was removed from Ubuntu 23.10

Did you already experiment something similar with it?

Thank you

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These are some fine vintages of Elixir and OTP, both released ~3 years before Ubuntu 23.10.

I can’t offer any good solution of patching Ubuntu 23.10 for that, but what you could do is:

  • Check out a more stable Linux repo. Debian might be a good fit as it has slower release cadence and longer maintenance period. OR
  • Wrap both OTP and Elixir in a Docker container. Docker supports an official image with OTP 23, but alas not Elixir 1.11 (1.12 is the lowest on the website: Docker). Nothing prevents you from forking the OTP 23 image and installing Elixir 1.11 on it.

EDIT: The setup beam action on Github lists Ubuntu 20.04 as the one you’d need for OTP 23: GitHub - erlef/setup-beam: Set up your BEAM-based GitHub Actions workflow (Erlang, Elixir, Gleam, ...)

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Hey guys!
I solve the problem following this: