Get Erlang
You can get Erlang directly from the Erlang website (see Resources). Many Linux distributions also include it within their repositories. For example, to install on Gentoo, you can use: $ emerge dev-lang/erlang. Or you can install Erlang on Ubuntu or Debian distributions using: $ apt-get install erlang.
For other UNIX® and Linux platforms you can download the source code and build it by hand. You will need a C compiler and the make tool to build from source (see Resources). The basic steps follow:
Unpack the source: $ tar zxf otp_src_R14B01.tar.gz
Change into the directory: $ cd otp_src_R14B
Run the configure script: $ ./configure
Finally run make to build: $ make