JohnnyCurran
Can't install Erlang 27.2.4. OpenSSL issues. MacOS Sequoia
Hi, I cannot install erlang 27.2.4 with asdf.
I have tried dozens of variations of KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS.
I have openssl@3 installed from homebrew.
I removed and re-installed it, and no dice.
MacOS Sequoia. 15.3.2
Here is the latest log:
$ KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--without-javac --with-ssl=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)" asdf install erlang 27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: fop is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install fop'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: unixodbc is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install unixodbc'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: openjdk is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install openjdk'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: wxmac is optional and not installed. You can install it using 'brew install --build-from-source wxmac'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Note: wxmac is required for building Erlang/OTP with a working :observer
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added unixodbc to KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 No CC found. Setting CC to: /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added /opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/lib to LDFLAGS env var
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 OpenJDK has been added to PATH for this terminal session: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin
[asdf-erlang] Please ensure this is included in your shell's dot files (.zshrc, .bashrc, etc.)
[asdf-erlang] 📦 Building with KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=--without-javac --with-ssl=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3 --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl installation to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl build to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
Extracting source code for normal build...
Building (normal) Erlang/OTP 27.2.4 (asdf_27.2.4); please wait...
Initializing (build) log file at /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log.
ERROR: configure failed.
checking for linker flags for loadable drivers... -m64 -bundle -bundle_loader /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin24.3.0/beam.smp
checking for 'runtime library path' linker flag... not found
checking for multiarch directory... not found
checking size of void *... (cached) 8
checking for static zlib... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include -E
checking for egrep -e... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for OpenSSL header in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... yes
checking for OpenSSL in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... configure: error: neither static nor dynamic crypto library found in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3
ERROR: /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/lib/crypto/configure failed!
Please see /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log for full details.
Auto cleaning all artifacts except the log file...
(use KERL_AUTOCLEAN=0 to keep build on failure, if desired)
Cleaning up compilation products for 'asdf_27.2.4' under:
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds...
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/downloads/erlang/27.2.4...
... done.
Thank you for your help 
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JohnnyCurran
What a trip. asdf info was reporting I was on x86_64. So I finally found out that /usr/local/bin/bash was x86_64.
I ran brew install bash and now I have the arm64 version. (Even though for some reason my interactive bash was arm64)
erlang 27.4.2 succesfully built.
Now everything just works
Thank you both for your help
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wojtekmach
In the meantime you can also check GitHub - michallepicki/asdf-erlang-prebuilt-macos: Erlang plugin for asdf version manager, using Erlang builds by erlef/otp_builds for macOS.
See Support for precompiled binaries? · Issue #165 · asdf-vm/asdf-erlang · GitHub for more information.
D4no0
What happens if you don’t pass the --with-ssl flag? Do you get the same error?
D4no0
Is your mac with a M chip?(ARM architecture) If yes, check that your terminal is not using rosetta, that can be potentially a problem as you might have a mismatch between the architecture of binaries.
I’ve just built successfully the version you mentioned on my air m1, without any custom kerl flags, it just works.
D4no0
That too, but this is also a issue:
It might be some linking error, check the /opt/homebrew/opt/ folder for presence of openssl@3, it might be possible that you have openssl@3.3 or something like that, I have multiple 3.x versions present there.
Also ensure that the following folders are present inside of openssl installation: bin, share, include, lib.
PS: To rule out any other potential errors, you can actually disable building of OTP libraries that require openssl by passing the flag --without-ssl, if that works then the problem is strictly related to openssl linking.
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