From 468a3b4e23def6c894c1164551536dd4bba84e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 12:45:55 +0200 Subject: Document ESCRIPT_ZIP=zip and Ubuntu's p7zip-full [ci-skip] --- doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc') diff --git a/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc index eebd6d8..722dcc6 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/escripts.asciidoc @@ -10,8 +10,17 @@ that they are fairly small compared to releases. For self-contained executables, check xref:sfx[self-extracting releases]. +=== Requirements + Erlang.mk uses `p7zip` by default to generate the escript -archive. Make sure it is installed. +archive. Make sure it is installed. On most systems the +package is named `p7zip`; on Ubuntu you need `p7zip-full`. + +If `p7zip` is unavailable, `zip` may be used by setting +the `ESCRIPT_ZIP` variable. For example: + +[source,bash] +$ make escript ESCRIPT_ZIP=zip === Generating an escript -- cgit v1.2.3