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I generally recommend using ASDF to install Erlang/Elixir, it has support for Fedora. https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html https://asdf-vm.com/guide/

by cess11 2y ago

I generally recommend using ASDF to install Erlang/Elixir, it has support for Fedora. https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir Slightly more ceremony than curl | sh, but a good tool to have.

cassepipe 2y ago
What does "support for Fedora" means in this context ?
- xelamonster 2y ago
  It supports most OSes rather nicely, check the docs for a long list of config options. It creates a local package store and configures your user's path for it, each tool is managed with a custom plugin that IME works flawlessly and versions are handled better than anything else I've ever used. It's the only way I'll install Golang or NodeJS lately, and I had good luck with it for Java too.
  - cess11 2y ago
    I prefer sdkman.io for the JVM, has most of the things for stuff that runs on it in one place, including Clojure tooling and Quarkus and whatnot.
    - xelamonster 2y ago
      Ah cool, maybe I'll check it out someday. JVM isn't a huge part of my daily work though so I'm pretty happy having it managed the same way as everything else for now. I like the intuitive simplicity of a .tool-versions file in a repo that supports a huge variety of tools.
- cess11 2y ago
  Dependencies are in dnf, should just work with the common shells.
ashconnor 2y ago
Mise also has support https://mise.jdx.dev/ https://mise.jdx.dev/
- jdxcode 2y ago
  mise should get precompiled erlang on macos today too
- abrookewood 2y ago
  I think Mise is better than ASDF - they have a whole document on why their approach is better than the shims used by ASDF. Both seem fine though.
- cess11 2y ago
  How does it handle the wx stuff and whatnot that's required for Observer? Seems to have more project management and make-like capabilities, I can see why someone might find that attractive but it's not for me.

by cess11 2y ago

cassepipe 2y ago

What does "support for Fedora" means in this context ?

xelamonster 2y ago
It supports most OSes rather nicely, check the docs for a long list of config options. It creates a local package store and configures your user's path for it, each tool is managed with a custom plugin that IME works flawlessly and versions are handled better than anything else I've ever used. It's the only way I'll install Golang or NodeJS lately, and I had good luck with it for Java too.
- cess11 2y ago
  I prefer sdkman.io for the JVM, has most of the things for stuff that runs on it in one place, including Clojure tooling and Quarkus and whatnot.
  - xelamonster 2y ago
    Ah cool, maybe I'll check it out someday. JVM isn't a huge part of my daily work though so I'm pretty happy having it managed the same way as everything else for now. I like the intuitive simplicity of a .tool-versions file in a repo that supports a huge variety of tools.
cess11 2y ago
Dependencies are in dnf, should just work with the common shells.

ashconnor 2y ago

Mise also has support https://mise.jdx.dev/ https://mise.jdx.dev/

jdxcode 2y ago
mise should get precompiled erlang on macos today too
abrookewood 2y ago
I think Mise is better than ASDF - they have a whole document on why their approach is better than the shims used by ASDF. Both seem fine though.
cess11 2y ago
How does it handle the wx stuff and whatnot that's required for Observer? Seems to have more project management and make-like capabilities, I can see why someone might find that attractive but it's not for me.