Installing Erlang
Gleam compiles to Erlang code, so Erlang needs to be installed to run Gleam code.
Precompiled builds for many popular operating systems can be downloaded from the Erlang solutions website,
Guides for installing Erlang on specific operating systems can be found below, as well as information on installing multiple versions of Erlang at once using version manager tools.
Once Erlang has been installed you can check it is working by typing erl -version
in your computer's terminal. You will see version information like
this if all is well:
$ erl -version
Erlang (SMP,ASYNC_THREADS,HIPE) (BEAM) emulator version 10.1
Linux
Debian Linux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install erlang
Ubuntu Linux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install erlang
Mac OS X
Using Homebrew
With Homebrew installed run the following:
brew update
brew install erlang
Windows
Using Chocolatey
With Chocolatey installed on your computer run the following:
choco install erlang
Using version managers
asdf
The asdf version manager has a plugin for installing Erlang. Installation and usage instructions can be found here: