Installing Rebar3

Rebar3 is the Erlang build tool used by HyperBEAM for compilation and dependency management.

Ubuntu 22.04Mac OS

Building Rebar3 from Source

To install Rebar3:

git clone https://github.com/erlang/rebar3.git && cd rebar3 && \
    ./bootstrap && \
    sudo mv rebar3 /usr/local/bin/ && \
    cd .. && rm -rf rebar3

This will:

1. Clone the Rebar3 repository
2. Bootstrap Rebar3 (build it)
3. Move the executable to your system path
4. Clean up the source directory

Coming Soon.

Verify Installation

You can verify your Rebar3 installation with:

rebar3 --version

This should display the version information for Rebar3.

Example output: rebar 3.24.0+build.5437.ref5495da14 on Erlang/OTP 27 Erts 15.2.