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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:24:56 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Wishes for an easy install of Ocaml
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Hello,

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:58:58AM +0100, Philippe Lelédy wrote:
> I introduce me a little:
> 
> I am a French teacher who give to my students their first  course in 
> Computer Science, which include learning Caml (as the first language).
> 
> I give them strong advice to install an  Unix-like OS on their own 
> computer, with some success (Linux, MacOS X).
> But because they have absolutly no Unix experience,  I'd like to say 
> them  that  installing  Ocaml is  as  simple as
> 
> apt-get install ocaml (for instance)
> 
> but it is not. Another step is mandatory
> 
> apt-get install tuareg
> 

What version of Debian do they use ?

If it is woody, the ocaml packages are pretty old and maybe have some
bugs, concerning sarge of sid, i don't think they suffer from the same
problem.

Kind regard
Sylvain Le Gall