Unable to install erlang 21.3.8.17 with asdf

I’ve been having issues installing older erlang versions recently and I’m not sure if I’ve broken something in my development environment. I’m trying to install erlang 21.3 with:
asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17
But it is failing with:

Build failed.
make[4]: *** [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Makefile:665: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/erl_call] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:30: opt] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[2]: *** [/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: opt] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface'
make[1]: *** [/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: opt] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib'
make: *** [Makefile:490: libs] Error 2

Looking at the build log it looks like the issue is that ld is failing:

/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(eirecv.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(send.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(send_reg.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(epmd_port.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_portio.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
 RANLIB	/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/liberl_interface.a
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Makefile:665: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/erl_call] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:30: opt] Error 2

Are other people getting similar errors? Does this point to an issue with my environment somehow?

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2020-08-20 20:21:05 UTC

Marked As Solved

axelson

Scenic Core Team

Okay, for me on Arch Linux after installing the gcc-9 package this command worked:

env CC=gcc-9 asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17

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jawakarD

I tried the same command asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17

with some relevent envs from https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang/issues/116

export KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--without-javac --with-ssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"
export CFLAGS="-O2 -g -fno-stack-check"

Output

asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17
asdf_21.3.8.17 is not a kerl-managed Erlang/OTP installation
No build named asdf_21.3.8.17
Downloading OTP-21.3.8.17.tar.gz to /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/archives
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   125  100   125    0     0    132      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   132
100 51.5M    0 51.5M    0     0   332k      0 --:--:--  0:02:38 --:--:-- 1049k
Extracting source code
Building Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17), please wait...
/Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl: line 661: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild: No such file or directory

APPLICATIONS DISABLED (See: /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_build_21.3.8.17.log)
 * jinterface     : Java compiler disabled by user

DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION (See: /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_build_21.3.8.17.log)
 * documentation  : 
 *                  fop is missing.
 *                  Using fakefop to generate placeholder PDF files.

Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17) has been successfully built
Installing Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17) in /Users/jawakar/.asdf/installs/erlang/21.3.8.17...
        You can activate this installation running the following command:
. /Users/jawakar/.asdf/installs/erlang/21.3.8.17/activate
Later on, you can leave the installation typing:
kerl_deactivate
Cleaning up compilation products for 
Cleaned up compilation products for  under /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds

Erlang 21.3.8.17 has been installed. Activate globally with:

    asdf global erlang 21.3.8.17

Activate locally in the current folder with:

    asdf local erlang 21.3.8.17

Let me know how I can help.

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