Installing Elixir on AWS EC2

Questions / Help
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I tried to install Elixir on an AWS EC2 Linux instance but I can’t seem to install it. I followed the steps shown here: https://gist.github.com/mike-north/cbaf06acb75e7a605f757df1036feff7

I compiled and installed Erland and then compiled Elixir, but I couldn’t install it as it gave me the following error:

/usr/bin/env: escript: No such file or directory
make: *** [erlang] Error 127

I checked the PATH and escript’s and erl’s path (/usr/local/bin) were there.
does anybody have any idea what the problem is?

Thanks!

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What was the last command you entered before getting that error?

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sudo make install

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So please check if escript is in roots PATH as well:

which escript
sudo which escript
sudo sh -c 'echo $PATH'

If the correct path is not in the last output line, you’ll need adjust roots PATH accordingly (or put a symlink).

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Thank you. I put a symlink for escript and a symlink for erl in /usr/bin and it solved my problem and Elixir installed gracefully.

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