Ubuntu elixir build/install with erlang in non-default location

Hi,

I’ve been having some trouble getting a working elixir dev env.

I started with the Ubuntu repository version, but had lots of issues following some tutorials.

I tried downloading binaries and putting them in my path, but they crash for various reasons.

I’ve gotten a little tired of cleaning this up on my machine, so I’m now trying to build/install elixir from source.

erlang is installed at /build/erlang/27.0.1 and I have added it to my PATH.

elixir source is at /build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2.

When I run make in the source directory I get the following:

Crash: error:undef
[{yecc,compile,
[“/build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2/lib/elixir/src/elixir_parser”,
“/build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2/lib/elixir/src/elixir_parser”,
{options,,“/build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2”,undefined,,1,false,999,
[{report,true},{verbose,true}],
“/build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2/lib/elixir/src/elixir_parser.erl”,
“/build/elixir/elixir-1.17.2”}],
},
{erl_compile,compile_file,4,[{file,“erl_compile.erl”},{line,290}]},
{erl_compile,compile3,3,[{file,“erl_compile.erl”},{line,277}]},
{erl_compile,compile,2,[{file,“erl_compile.erl”},{line,60}]},
{erl_compile,‘-compile_cmdline1/1-fun-0-’,2,
[{file,“erl_compile.erl”},{line,73}]}]
make: *** [Makefile:81: lib/elixir/src/elixir_parser.erl] Error 2

I then downloaded the elixir binaries for elixir-otp-27. If I run iex in the bin directory, I get the following output:

024-07-15 23:45:18.754727 crash_report #{label=>{proc_lib,crash},report=>[[{initial_call,{supervisor_bridge,user_sup,[‘Argument__1’]}},{pid,<0.61.0>},{registered_name,},{error_info,{error,undef,[{elixir,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,82}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,374}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,342}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,249}]}]}},{ancestors,[kernel_sup,<0.46.0>]},{message_queue_len,0},{messages,},{links,[<0.48.0>]},{dictionary,},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,27},{reductions,288}],]}
2024-07-15 23:45:18.754676 Loading of ~ts failed: ~p

"/build/elixir/elixir-otp-27/bin/../lib/elixir/ebin/elixir.beam"
badfile

2024-07-15 23:45:18.754813 supervisor_report #{label=>{supervisor,start_error},report=>[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{undef,[{elixir,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,82}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,374}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,342}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,249}]}]}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{id,user},{mfargs,{user_sup,start,}},{restart_type,temporary},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}
2024-07-15 23:45:18.754665 ~s~n
“beam/beam_load.c(1876): Error loading module elixir:\n This BEAM file was compiled for a later version of the run-time system than 22.\n To fix this, please recompile this module with an 22 compiler.\n (Use of opcode 178; this emulator supports only up to 168.)\n”
2024-07-15 23:45:18.759125 crash_report #{label=>{proc_lib,crash},report=>[[{initial_call,{application_master,init,[‘Argument__1’,‘Argument__2’,‘Argument__3’,‘Argument__4’]}},{pid,<0.45.0>},{registered_name,},{error_info,{exit,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{elixir,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,82}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,374}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,342}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,249}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,]}},[{application_master,init,4,[{file,“application_master.erl”},{line,138}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,249}]}]}},{ancestors,[<0.44.0>]},{message_queue_len,1},{messages,[{‘EXIT’,<0.46.0>,normal}]},{links,[<0.44.0>,<0.43.0>]},{dictionary,},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,27},{reductions,184}],]}
2024-07-15 23:45:18.761144 std_info #{label=>{application_controller,exit},report=>[{application,kernel},{exited,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{elixir,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,82}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,374}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,“gen_server.erl”},{line,342}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,“proc_lib.erl”},{line,249}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,]}}},{type,permanent}]}
{“Kernel pid terminated”,application_controller,“{application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{elixir,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,82}]},{gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,374}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,342}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,249}]}]}}},{kernel,start,[normal,]}}}”}
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,user,{undef,[{elixir,start,,},{user_sup,start_user,3,[{file,“user_sup.erl”},{lin

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

Are there some additional environment variables that need to be set? A pointer in the right direction on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
-S