#44060: Erlang @ 17.0_1: epmd binary missing from the PATH environment -------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: conradwt@… | Owner: ciserlohn@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.0 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: erlang | -------------------------+------------------------- Comment (by jose.valim@…): There are many situations having epmd in the $PATH is handy. 1. epmd is only automatically started if you pass the -name on startup. If you are programatically starting the node, for example by using net_kernel:start/1, you need to have started epmd explicitly before; 2. You can pass commands to epmd, for example, to change the running port or get all available names. More info here: http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/epmd.html; All Erlang packages I have seen so far do have epmd installed to bin. There are also tools like rebar (https://github.com/rebar/rebar/blob/master/priv/templates/simplenode.nodetoo...) that expects epmd to be in the path (exactly due to 1 above). Please revisit the decision of not including epmd. :) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44060#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X