[erlang-questions] Installing kerl

Dan Sommers 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@REDACTED
Tue Nov 20 20:22:16 CET 2018


On 11/20/18 2:03 PM, lloyd@REDACTED wrote:
> 
> I'd like to install kerl on my dev system.
>   
> I can download it fine from GitHub and make it executable:
>   
> ~$ ls -l kerl
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 lloyd lloyd 66489 Nov 20 13:26 kerl

PATH contains *directories*, not actual executables.

To let your shell find it, add $HOME to PATH.

That said, it'd be better to copy that executable to a more
suitable directory.  It appears that $HOME/bin is already on
PATH; use that:

     $ cp $HOME/kerl $HOME/bin/

And then see how it goes.



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