# Help installing Elixir on Linux Mint

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/help-installing-elixir-on-linux-mint/22708>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** erlang, troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 27, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/help-installing-elixir-on-linux-mint/22708 "2019-05-27T15:20:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![NobbZ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/nobbz/32/27235_2.png) [@NobbZ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/NobbZ)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/help-installing-elixir-on-linux-mint/22708/16 "2019-05-28T08:28:31Z")

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> [@bend](#):
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> but with asdf I waited 5 minutes before killing the process as it seemed like the command would never terminate

As far as I remember `asdf` compiles from source but silencing the output. Just wait.

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