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Merge pull request #1825 from jwarwick/clean
Added advice to clean when building into the README
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$ git clone https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git
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$ cd elixir
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$ make test
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$ make clean test
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If Elixir fails to build (specifically when pulling in a new version via git), be sure to remove any previous build artifacts by running `make clean`, then `make test`.
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If tests pass, you are ready to move on to the [Getting Started guide][1] or to try Interactive Elixir by running: `bin/iex` in your terminal.
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However, if tests fail, it is likely you have an outdated Erlang version (Elixir requires Erlang R16B or later). You can check your Erlang version by calling `erl` in the command line. You will see some information as follow:
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However, if tests fail, it is likely you have an outdated Erlang version (Elixir requires Erlang R16B or later). You can check your Erlang version by calling `erl` in the command line. You will see some information as follows:
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Erlang R16B (erts-5.10.1) [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
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