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Updating Erlang freeBSD port to newer minor version

I have Erlang OTP version 17 on my freeBSD system. Now I want to update to the newest release of the OTP 17 branch. I don't want to upgrade to OTP 18 (I only need the latest release of OTP 17 with all patches)

Do I achieve this by entering the following command:

cd /usr/ports/lang/erlang-runtime17/ && make install clean

I'm not very experienced with freeBSD and afraid to destroy something on my system.

Solution

  • If you have installed Erlang from the packages run pkg install erlang-runtime17.

    To compile it from ports run command you mentioned, just make sure you have to to date ports tree.

    Finally, to compile and update Erlang and all its dependencies, first install portmaster utility and then run portmaster erlang-runtime.