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Installing erlang via asdf on Ubuntu fails after "Downloading kerl"

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Installing erlang via asdf on Ubuntu fails after "Downloading kerl"

Background

I have a Ubuntu and I am trying to install erlang 22.2.8 via the asdf-erlang plugin.

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal

Problem

In fact, I want to install any version of erlang, but none works.

$ asdf install erlang 22.2.8
Downloading kerl...
$

It stops after “Downloading kerl” and then nothing happens. Its like it fnished.
I have followed the steps before-asdf-install also before installing the plugin, but non the less this does not prevent the error.

How can I fix this?

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Fl4m3Ph03n1x

Fl4m3Ph03n1x

First I tried adding the company certificates to my ssl permissions as described in this post:

However, even after that, it didn’t work. So I eventually decided to go with the risky option, which was to use the ~/.curlrc as you mentioned.

https://ec.haxx.se/cmdline/cmdline-configfile#default-config-file

After setting up this file and adding the -k option in it, it worked. I can now finally install the elixir and erlang versions I need to work.

It should be noted, as @NobbZ mentioned, this is a risk. In fact, this is a workaround and not really a solution.

However, for the time being, I will happily take it.

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NobbZ

NobbZ

You might be able to set it in ~/curlrc, though I never did it, as I consider it a risk.

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NobbZ

NobbZ

If manually installing kerl as suggested by Adam does not work, please check ownership of the folder mentionend and its parents.

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adamzapasnik

adamzapasnik

Add -v (verbose) to curl -Lsov and see why it fails. I guess you have a problem with certs. At least, it would explain why your browser complaints.
Could you run sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates?

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Post #18
NobbZ

NobbZ

You might try the manual installation and add -k to make curl continue even on insecure connections.

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