Elixir Environment

This notebook creates the default Elixir environment in Nextjournal.

Setup

Build Environment

Add erlang repo.

REPO_VER="2.0"
file="erlang-solutions_${REPO_VER}_all.deb"
wget --progress=bar:force https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/${file}
dpkg -i $file
rm $file
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Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Install build tools and dependencies.

apt-get -qq update
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends \
  libsqlite3-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
  libblas-dev liblapack-dev libatlas-base-dev \
  libxslt1-dev unixodbc-dev libsctp-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev \
  esl-erlang elixir
apt-get clean
rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Clear package list so it isn't stale
57.6s
Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Grab IElixir source.

git clone https://github.com/pprzetacznik/IElixir.git
2.1s
Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Install and compile deps, then compile IElixir.

cd IElixir
mix local.hex --force
mix local.rebar --force
mix deps.get
mix deps.compile
mix test
MIX_ENV=prod mix compile
235.2s
Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Install the kernel.

ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /root/.mix/python # kludge
cd IElixir
./install_script.sh
4.0s
Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Check.

du -hsx /
elixir --version
jupyter kernelspec list
3.3s
Elixir (Bash)
Jupyter Base

Testing

send self(), {:elixir, "Rocks!"}
receive do 
  {:elixir, msg} -> ["Elixir", msg]
after 
 1_000 -> :ok
end
0.5s
Elixir Test (Elixir)
Elixir
["Elixir", "Rocks!"]
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Runtime Languages (1)