sudo apt-get build-dep erlang
sudo apt-get install fop libncurses5-dev openjdk-6-jdk unixodbc-dev g++ libssl-dev libwxbase2.8 libwxgtk2.8-dev libqt4-opengl-dev libgtk2.0-dev
wget http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R16B.tar.gz
cd otp_src_*
./configure
make
make docs
sudo make install
sudo make install-docs
Credit: Jirayut for the installation steps