Develop Erlang/OTP inside a Docker container

README.md

Develop Erlang/OTP inside the official erlang/ubuntu-build Docker image.

It comes with all the correct versions of dependencies pre-installed.

Place the develop script in the scripts directory of your local erlang/otp checkout.

develop

#!/usr/bin/env bash

ROOT=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")/..")

IMAGE=erlang/ubuntu-build:64bit
WORKDIR=/buildroot/otp

docker pull $IMAGE

exec docker run \
  --interactive \
  --tty \
  --rm \
  --workdir $WORKDIR \
  --volume $ROOT:$WORKDIR \
  --env ERL_TOP=$WORKDIR \
  --env MAKEFLAGS=-j4 \
  $IMAGE \
  bash -c 'export PATH=$ERL_TOP/bin:$PATH && bash'