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Installation Guide
User's Guide
Version 5.8.3

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Chapters

- Installing the Binary Release
  - Top of chapter
  - UNIX
  - Windows
- Installation Verification
  - Top of chapter
  - UNIX
  - Windows
- Building and Installing Erlang/OTP
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Daily Build and Test
  - Versions Known NOT to Work
  - Required Utilities
  - How to Build and Install Erlang/OTP
  - The Erlang/OTP Documentation
  - Support for SMP (Symmetric Multi Processing)
  - GS (Graphic System)
  - Using HiPE
  - Mac OS X (Darwin)
  - How to Build a Debug Enabled Erlang RunTime System
  - Authors
  - Copyright and License
  - More Information
  - Modifying This Document
- Cross Compiling Erlang/OTP
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Build and Install Procedure
  - Currently Used Configuration Variables
  - Copyright and License
  - Modifying This Document
- How to Build Erlang/OTP on Windows
  - Top of chapter
  - Introduction
  - Frequently Asked Questions
  - Tools you Need and Their Environment
  - The Shell Environment
  - Building and Installing
  - Development
  - Final Words
  - Copyright and License
  - Modifying This Document

# 2 Installation Verification

This chapter is about verifying your installation by performing a few simple tests to see that your system is properly installed.

### 2.1 UNIX

- Start Erlang/OTP from the command line,

        unix> erl

  Expect the following output:

        Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0.1 [threads]

        Eshell V5.0.1  (abort with ^G)
        1>

- Start the GS-based toolbar from the Erlang shell,

        1> toolbar:start().

  and check that the toolbar window pops up.

  Note: The trailing full stop (".") is an end marker for all commands in the Erlang shell, and must be entered for a command to begin execution.

- Exit by entering the command halt(),

        2> halt().

  which should end both the toolbar window and the command line window.

### 2.2 Windows

- Start Erlang/OTP by double-clicking on the Erlang shortcut icon on the desktop.

  Expect a command line window to pop up with the following output,

        Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0.1 [threads]

        Eshell V5.0.1  (abort with ^G)
        1>

- Start the GS-based toolbar from the Erlang shell,

        1> toolbar:start().

  and check that the toolbar window pops up.

  Note: The trailing full stop (".") is an end marker for all commands in the Erlang shell, and must be entered for a command to begin execution.

- Exit by entering the command halt(),

        2> halt().

  which should end both the toolbar window and the command line window.