install-erlang-ubuntu-precise.sh

#!/bin/bash
# You will need to make this file executable (chmod +x) and run it with sudo
# Optionally supply the version number you want to build
[[ $1 ]] && VERSION=$1 || VERSION=R16B03-1
apt-get update
apt-get --fix-missing -y install build-essential m4 libncurses5-dev libssh-dev unixodbc-dev libgmp3-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libglu1-mesa-dev fop xsltproc default-jdk
mkdir -p /src/erlang
cd /src/erlang
wget -c http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_${VERSION}.tar.gz
tar zxvf otp_src_${VERSION}.tar.gz
cd otp_src_${VERSION}
./configure
make
make install

Just some minor tweaks and improvements:

• use variable $VERSION for the version number
• optionally pass version to script i.e $ sudo ./install-erlang-ubuntu-precise.sh R16B04
• resume file download or skip download if already complete
• removed recursive mode 777

nJoy!