elixir software package provides dynamic, functional language on top of the Erlang VM, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install elixir
elixir is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elixir package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elixir *
You will get with elixir package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Interpreters |
| Package | elixir |
| Version | 1.1.0~0.20150708-1 |
| Description | dynamic, functional language on top of the Erlang VM |
| Sub Section | Interpreters |