Re: [Caml-list] How to fail to install Ocaml in 18 steps

[Andrej Bauer <andrej.bauer@andrej.com>]

Switching to a different operating system, or running a different
operating system in a virtual machine is NOT the most obvious solution
to normal people (everyone on this mailing list excluded). While I
agree with what Dario says in principle, I am convinced that people
aren't that keen on using Gnome/GTK gui inside Virtual box running on
a Windows 7.

Realistically, there is just no easy way to install Ocaml on Windows
from what I've learned.

With kind regards,

Andrej

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Dario Teixeira <darioteixeira@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I was shocked to learn that you cannot set it so that it only warns
>
>> about suspicous files. It actually instists on deleting them! I asked
>> my student what Norton will do with his Ph.D. dissertation if it is
>> judged to have too low a reputation, and he just faintly smiled. I
>> will try to get his boss to buy him a Mac.
>
> But if switching to a Mac is a solution on the table, that means that your
> student does not actually need OCaml running on Windows.  What they
> need is OCaml, and they just happen to be using Windows as their OS.
> However, if this is the case, then it seems you did pick the most convoluted
> approach.  As others have mentioned, why not just install a free-as-in-beer
> and easy to use virtualisation software like Virtualbox and use it to run a Linux
> distro where OCaml is just an apt-get away?
>
> Mind you, I'm not saying you don't have a point regarding the complexity of
> installing OCaml on Windows (I wouldn't know).  Nevertheless, it does strike me
> that you are bending over backwards to avoid what is the most straightforward
> solution in these cases: run OCaml in a Linux distro.
>
> Cheers,
> Dario Teixeira
>