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vfox-erlang now supports directly downloading pre-built Erlang/OTP binary builds from @erlef/otp_builds.

Project update 16 Jul 2025 by yeshan333

asciicast https://github.com/version-fox/vfox-erlang?tab=readme-ov-file#macos

For MacOS, you can use prebuilt Erlang/OTP versions from @erlef/otp_builds by setting the USE_PREBUILT_OTP environment variable:

# install a prebuilt version for MacOS (automatically detects architecture)
USE_PREBUILT_OTP=true vfox search erlang
USE_PREBUILT_OTP=true vfox install erlang@26.2.3

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