Re: [Caml-list] camomile question

[Jacques-Pascal Deplaix <jp.deplaix@gmail.com>]

Note that Batteries >= 2.0 doesn't depend anymore on Camomile.

On 11/18/2013 04:51 PM, Matej Kosik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I took my native exectuable to a reasonably similar computer, albeit without Ocaml installation, I have noticed the following problem:
>
>    ./main
>
>       Fatal error: exception Failure("Cannot find camomile database directory,
>       usually located here: '/usr/share/camomile/database'.
>       Use environment variable CAMOMILE_DIR or CAMOMILE_DATADIR to locate it precisely.")
>
> There are two solutions:
> - sometimes I can install "libcamomile-ocaml-data" package
>    (when I am lucky enough to have the root-access and when given package exists in a given distribution)
> - or I can copy
>
>      /usr/share/camomile
>
>    from my system to the target system (somewhere) and set CAMOMILE_DIR on the target system to designate the root of the camomile directory.
>
> Is there a way to compile my program so that the above problem would not arise at run-time?
>
> Is it possible:
>
> - to drop dependency on Camomile
>    (if I do not need it -- the dependency was introduced by Batteries which I use)
>
> if not, then:
>
> - bundle that data with the executable? Is there an option for that?
>