Re: [Caml-list] Creating fresh OPAM repository

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>]

On 11 Dec 2012, at 16:31, Dario Teixeira <darioteixeira@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> If you want to start an empty local repository in /foo/bar, just run:
> 
>> 
>> $ opam remote local /foo/bar
>> 
>> (you can replace 'local' by any other name in the previous commands, 
>> it's just a way to identify the repository)
> 
> Thanks for the prompt reply, Thomas.  The command you suggested
> does not seem to work, at least with OPAM version 0.8.1.
> 
> The error message suggests that one of -add, -rm, or -list must be given.
> However, all the following fail:
> 
>   opam remote -add local /foo/bar
>   opam remote -add local file:///foo/bar
>   opam remote -add -kind local local /foo/bar
>   opam remote -add -kind local local file:///foo/bar
> 
> The 'remote' subcommand seems to expect an already formed repository
> at the given address.

Just mkdir the directory first.  There's nothing special about a local remote
except that a "packages" directory is expected.

$ mkdir -p /foo/bar/packages
$ opam remote -add local /foo/bar

should (hopefully) do the trick.

-anil