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Installation Guide
User's Guide
Version 6.1

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Chapters

• Installing the Binary Release
  • Top of chapter
  • Windows
• Building and Installing Erlang/OTP
  • Top of chapter
  • Introduction
  • Required Utilities
  • Optional Utilities
  • How to Build and Install Erlang/OTP
  • Advanced configuration and build of Erlang/OTP
  • Known platform issues
  • Daily Build and Test
  • Authors
  • Copyright and License
• Cross Compiling Erlang/OTP
  • Top of chapter
  • Introduction
  • Build and Install Procedure
  • Building and Installing the Documentation
  • Testing the cross compiled system
  • Currently Used Configuration Variables
  • Copyright and License
• How to Build Erlang/OTP on Windows
  • Top of chapter
  • Introduction
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Tools you Need and Their Environment
  • The Shell Environment
  • Building and Installing
  • Development
  • Using GIT
  • Final Words
  • Copyright and License

1 Installing the Binary Release

1.1  Windows

Introduction

The system is delivered as a Windows Installer executable. Get it from our download page.

Installation

The installation procedure is is automated. Double-click the .exe file icon and follow the instructions.

Verification

• Start Erlang/OTP by double-clicking on the Erlang shortcut icon on the desktop.

  Expect a command line window to pop up with an output looking something like this:

    Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0] [64-bit] [smp:2:2]
  
    Eshell V6.0  (abort with ^G)
    1>

• Exit by entering the command halt(),

    2> halt().

  which will close the Erlang/OTP shell.