Ubuntu 上编译安装Erlang R14A

first uninstall Erlang in system:

sudo apt-get remove

erlang-ssl couchdb-bin erlang-base erlang-xmerl erlang-inets erlang-crypto erlang-mnesia erlang-public-key erlang-syntax-tools erlang-runtime-tools 

Install sorts of libraries and tools which depended by Erlang:

sudo apt-get install m4 fop xsltproc unixodbc libssl-dev unixodbc-dev openjdk-6-jdk freeglut3-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libncurses5-dev build-essential 

./configure --prefix=/opt/erlang --enable-hipe --enable-threads --enable-smp-support --enable-kernel-poll 

Compile and Install:

make make install