
                             Erlang Open Source
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How to build Erlang
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1) Unpack the erlang-X.Y.Z.base.tar.gz (which you probably did since
   you are reading this file.

2) Unpack any optional libraries that you might have down loaded, into
   the libraries directory.

3) In the top level type "./configure" followed by "make".

Hopefully you now have a fully functional system that can be started
by typing erts/bin/erl. If you wish to install Erlang centrally run
"make install".


Caveats
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If you have fetched any extra libraries you will have to run "make
new_libraries" twice.

If you fetch new libraries and want to build them you have to run
"make autoconf" before you run "make new_libraries".

There are currently no dependencies in the Makefiles, which means that
if you modify any source code the system might not build
properly. (Sorry, we are working on it.)

The install targets needs an "install" program that can handle
multiple files. (This is a bug we need to fix.)

Note that if you down loaded the "gs" application it cannot be built
without a special tcl/tk release. (See libraries/gs/c_src/README)


More Information
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More information can be found on http://www.erlang.org/

