Manages installation of Elixir via packages or source.

Tested on Chef 11.8.2.

Tested on:

• Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04
• CentOS 5.8, 6.4

Notes: This cookbook has been tested on the listed platforms, but not with the all combinations of parameters. It may work on other platforms with or without modification.

• git
• erlang

As an example, the following berksfile would work.

site :opscode

cookbook 'git'
cookbook 'erlang', git: 'https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/erlang.git'
cookbook 'elixir', git: 'https://github.com/parroty/chef-cookbook-elixir.git'

By default, it downloads precompiled elixir files and install them in /usr/local path. It can be changed using the following attributes.

• node['elixir']['install_path'] - installation path for elixir binaries and libraries
• default['elixir']['install_method'] - installation method, which can be source, precompiled or package.
• default[:elixir][:source][:revision] - revision tag for the source installation.
• default[:elixir][:precompiled][:revision] - revision tag for the precompiled file installation.
• default[:elixir][:package][:apt][:revision] - revision tag for the Ubuntu package installation.
• default[:elixir][:package][:yum][:revision] - revision tag for the RHEL package installation.

Check the following for the list of the released versions.

• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases

It installs the elixir files in to the following directories. In order to uninstall, remove these files.

• /usr/local/bin/
• /usr/local/lib/elixir/

It downloads "elixir/master" by default. For installing specific revisions, check the GitHub page for the available ones.

• https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git

• http://rpm.pbone.net/

It may not work on RHEL 5.x, due to the dependency related issue, use source or precompiled instead.

• By default, this cookbook tries to install erlang for ensuring elixir's requirement is satisfied (as many of the default packages installs old erlang, yet). If it's not needed, specify false for node[:elixir][:enable_erlang_install] attribute.
• "esl" package is used for erlang installation by default, but it can be changed by changing node[:elixir][:erlang_install_method].
  • If the OS is RHEL5.x, "source" installation is forced, as esl package is not avialble.

Some Vagrantfile definition exapmles.

• Source installation of elixir (elixir/master)

config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.add_recipe "elixir::default"
    chef.json = {
      "elixir" => {
        "install_method" => "source"
      }
    }

• Package installation of elixir

config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
    chef.add_recipe "elixir::default"
    chef.json = {
      "elixir" => {
        "install_method" => "package"
      }
    }