How to Quick-Start with Erlang Programming Language on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Linux

Erlang Getting-Started for Ubuntu 15.10 Wily

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Erlang Programming Language on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Wherewolf GNU/Linux Desktop.

Erlang is a general-purpose programming language and runtime environment.
Erlang has built-in support for Concurrency, Distribution and Fault Tolerance.
Erlang is used in several large telecommunication systems from Ericsson.
Erlang is available as open source from http://www.erlang.org.

Open Source Erlang is a Functional Programming Language designed at the Ericsson Computer Science Laboratory.

Some of Erlang main Features are:

• Clear declarative syntax and is largely free from side-effects
• Built-in support for real-time, concurrent and distributed programming
• Designed for development of robust and continuously operated programs
• Dynamic code replacement at runtime

The Erlang distribution also includes OTP (Open Telecom Platform) which provides a rich set of libraries and applications.

1. How to Install Erlang on Ubuntu
   This package is a dummy package which will install Erlang/OTP runtime, applications, sources, code examples and the Erlang editing mode for Emacs.

   • By Ubuntu Software Center:
     One Click Install

     After simply Confirm to Open and Install by the System Package Installer…

   • By Terminal:

     sudo apt-get install erlang

     If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

2. Erlang Quick Start with Hello-World

   Erlang Hello-World

   Erlang Hello-World Example