Elixir plugin for asdf version manager
Elixir requires Erlang to be installed. You can use the asdf-erlang plugin to install Erlang versions.
asdf plugin-add elixir https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir.git
Precompiled Elixir packages are built by Bob whenever a git push or a new release is made at the elixir repo.
These precompiled packages are built against every officially supported OTP version, however if you only specify the
elixir version, like 1.4.5, the downloaded binaries will be those compiled against the oldest OTP release
supported by that version.
If you would like to use precompiled binaries built with a more recent OTP, you can append -otp-${OTP_VERSION} to any installable version that can be given to asdf-elixir.
So, for example, to install Elixir 1.5.0 and take advantage of the new features from OTP-20 you might install version 1.5.0-otp-20.
Be sure to also install the correspoding Erlang/OTP version with asdf-erlang, and to have both selected versions in your
.tool-versions file.
This plugin supports elixir escripts adding them to your path just like any other elixir binary.
Whenever you install a new escript with mix escript.install you need to asdf reshim elixir in order
to create shims for it.
asdf-elixir can automatically install a set of default hex packages right after installing an elixir version. To enable this feature, provide a $HOME/.default-elixir-packages file that lists one package per line, for example:
hex
rebar
https://github.com/phoenixframework/archives/raw/master/phx_new.ez
github user/repo
This will install hex and rebar using mix local.{hex, rebar} --force, add the phoenix generator or install a mix package from github. For full set of options, try mix help archive.install.
Check asdf readme for instructions on how to install & manage versions of Elixir.