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To install Erlang on your Mac, fol­low these sim­ple steps:

1. down­load the lat­est source file from the offi­cial Erlang site here.
2. open the Ter­mi­nal
3. go to the folder where you’ve saved the .gz source file
4. run the fol­low­ing com­mand: tar –xzf otp_src_R15B01.tar.gz (replace the file­name with the name of the file you’ve downloaded)
5. then go into the unzipped folder in the Ter­mi­nal, e.g. cd otp_src_R15B01
6. type in ./configure
7. then make
8. and finally sudo make install

voila, you’re done!