How to Install Livebook on Windows 11

Livebook is an open-source platform for interactive, collaborative notebooks developed by the Erlang Solutions team. Livebook allows users to code in multiple programming languages, with support for real-time collaboration and interactive visualizations.

This tutorial will walk you through the steps of installing Livebook on Windows 11.

Prerequisites

  • Windows 11 operating system
  • Git installed on your system
  • Elixir programming language installed on your system
  • Erlang OTP installed on your system

Installation Steps

  1. Open the Windows Terminal or Command Prompt application.

  2. Clone the Livebook repository from Github onto your system:

git clone https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook.git
  1. Change your current directory to the Livebook directory:
cd livebook
  1. Install the Livebook dependencies using mix:
mix deps.get
  1. Create a new secret key for Livebook using the mix command:
mix phx.gen.secret

  1. Copy the output of the mix phx.gen.secret command.

  2. Navigate to the config folder in your Livebook directory:

cd config
  1. Create a new dev.secret.exs file using the nano or vim text editor:
nano dev.secret.exs
# or
vim dev.secret.exs
  1. Paste the output of the mix phx.gen.secret command into the dev.secret.exs file:
use Mix.Config

config :livebook, LivebookWeb.Endpoint,
  secret_key_base: "PASTE_YOUR_SECRET_KEY_HERE"

  1. Save and close the dev.secret.exs file.

  2. Navigate back to the Livebook directory:

cd ..
  1. Start the Livebook server using the mix command:
iex -S mix phx.server
  1. Access Livebook through your web browser at http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Livebook on your Windows 11 system! You can now start creating interactive notebooks and collaborating in real-time with others.