README
1 Erlang/OTP Dec 3, 2006
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4 LAST MINUTE INFORMATION -- Release of Erlang 5.6/OTP R12B
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7 1. GENERAL
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10 1.1 Installation Guide
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12 The installation guide can be found in
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14 <inst-root>/doc/installation_guide/part_frame.html
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16 1.2 Java
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18 The Java sources for Solaris were compiled using JDK 1.2.2;
19 for the other platforms using JDK 1.4.2.
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21 1.3 Disk space
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23 An installation of Erlang/OTP needs approximately 115 MB of
24 disk space.
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26 1.4 The package contains HTML documentation. You can also get this
27 documentation preformatted for printing in PDF format from
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29 http://www.erlang.se/doc/
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31 This site also contains HTML documentation for older releases
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34 1.5 The Erlang system can run old BEAM files compiled with R11B-2
35 or later (and almost all BEAM files compiled with R11B-0 or
36 R11B-1). BEAM files from R10B or earlier are not supported.
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38 To get the best performance, you should recompile your
39 application code with the R12B compiler.
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42 2. NOTES ABOUT THE SOLARIS VERSION
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45 2.1 For the Sparc Solaris environment, Solaris8 (2.8) and above is
46 supported. The emulator doesn't run on older Solaris versions.
47 Also an Ultrasparc (sun4u architecture) is required.
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50 3. NOTES ABOUT THE VXWORKS VERSION
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53 3.1 The platform VxWorks is discontinued in the sense that only the
54 libraries (erl_interface and ic's libraries) are supported. Running
55 the Erlang emulator on VxWorks might still possible but it's no longer
56 maintained. The VxWorks release is still packaged as a full release,
57 but no support will be available for anything but the communication libraries.
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59 4 NOTES ABOUT THE LINUX VERSIONS
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62 4.1 The following linux distributions/version combinations are supported
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65 Suse 9.2 x86
66 Montavista/PPC
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68 5. APPLICATIONS NOTES
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72 6. MORE INFORMATION
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75 Commercial customers please visit http://www.erlang.se to find
76 releases and more information. Commercial support is given through
77 support (a] erlang.ericsson.se.
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79 Open source users please visit http://www.erlang.org and direct
80 problems to the open source community through the mailing list.
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