How to run an Erlang project in Eclipse?

Question

I am new to Erlang and trying to run some sample projects to know the control flow of building the project. But am unable to that. I cloned some projects and the project is automatically build. Now how am i supposed to run the project/application? Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

In the article Erlang – Getting Started and Using Eclipse there are detailed instructions in setting up an Erlang project in Eclipse. Verify that your settings are the same, and especially the Run settings.

I quote that part of the article having to do with the Run environment:

1. Run -> Run Configurations
2. Right click on “Erlang Application” and select “New”
3. In the first tab titled “Main” select your project “HelloWorld”

4. On the tab “Runtimes” ensure

   Runtime = Erlang
   Node name = erlide
   

5. Now for the most important part, go to the “Environment” tab

   Click “Select”
   select “PATH”
   click “OK”
   

6. Now click “Apply” and close the window