Windows installer fails - can't download elixir.csv

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Windows installer fails - can't download elixir.csv

frunox opened this issue 3 years ago · 8 comments

Tried to install a new version of Elixir today on Windows 10. The installer crashes with the message:
"Error - downloading https://elixir-lang.org/elixir-csv failed. Setup cannot continue."

I was able to download the .csv file, but the installer can't. Is there a way to proceed?

Answer 1 · 2022-03-04T16:04:05.000Z

Does it really say elixir-csv instead of elixir.csv? If so, could that be the root cause? Otherwise it is something related with the https certificates in your machine.

Answer 2 · 2022-03-04T16:06:49.000Z

My mistake. It says elixir.csv.
How do I deal with a certificates issue?

Answer 3 · 2022-03-04T16:09:03.000Z

Oh, alternatively you can try using the previous version of the installer, but note that it uses a http address instead of https: https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir-windows-setup/releases/download/v2.1/elixir-websetup.exe

Answer 4 · 2022-03-04T16:11:21.000Z

That version has the same issue for me.

Answer 5 · 2022-03-04T16:15:58.000Z

Sorry to hear. Can you use chocolatey or similar? Otherwise follow the steps to install precompilled. Btw,. are you inside some network that may use proxies?

Answer 6 · 2022-03-04T17:23:50.000Z

I am not on a network using proxies.
I am trying to install chocolatey but am getting errors in PowerShell trying to 'Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass ....'. This is after copying in the command from the Chocolatey website.
Where are the steps to install a precompiled version?

Answer 7 · 2022-03-04T18:09:44.000Z

I got chocolatey to install - there was a problem connecting to the server initially.

I uninstalled my current versions of Erlang and Elixir, then installed via chocolately. The install appeared to work. However, nothing is working. When I type 'elixir -v' from the terminal, I get this error:

{"init terminating in do_boot",{'cannot get bootfile','C:\\Program Files\\erl-24.1/bin/start.boot'}}
init terminating in do_boot ({cannot get bootfile,C:\Program Files\erl-24.1/bin/start.boot})

I had Erlang 24.1 installed before - chocolately installed 24.0. Something is still wrong with my installation. Where can I get help?

Answer 8 · 2022-03-04T18:29:31.000Z

I sorted it out. The PATH environment variable was pointing to the erlang 24.1 folder.

I entered an issue in the Elixir Windows installer repo regarding the initial problem.

Thanks for your help.