From: Komtanoo Pinpimai <romerun@gmail.com>
To: "caml-list@inria.fr" <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How to fail to install Ocaml in 18 steps
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:44:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACitgfFCRc1rgBeqfmqSo78a0Wuxq5Rz+M8y=8+QG8FamrYm4g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB0nkh1RxAFajnGRq8wj5wd6DZf2rYE1+cam8YkV_MsyV3DBpQ@mail.gmail.com>
The easiest solution for your situation as of right now would be
making a vm image that has everything installed, ocaml, eclipse,
ocaide etc. and distribute it to everybody.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Andrej Bauer <andrej.bauer@andrej.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-16 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-15 9:43 Andrej Bauer
2011-11-15 9:52 ` Jonathan Protzenko
2011-11-15 10:25 ` ivan chollet
2011-11-15 10:26 ` Andrej Bauer
[not found] ` <1321370897.43865.YahooMailNeo@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
2011-11-15 22:22 ` Andrej Bauer
2011-11-15 23:19 ` Dmitry Grebeniuk
2011-11-16 8:38 ` Stéphane Glondu
2011-11-16 2:38 ` rixed
2011-11-16 13:44 ` Komtanoo Pinpimai [this message]
2011-11-16 18:16 ` Anthony Tavener
2011-11-15 10:00 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-11-15 10:21 ` Andrej Bauer
2011-11-15 10:32 ` Jonathan Protzenko
2011-11-16 6:28 ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2011-11-15 10:37 ` Dmitry Grebeniuk
2011-11-15 10:53 ` Paolo Donadeo
2011-11-15 11:00 ` [Caml-list] " Sylvain Le Gall
2011-11-15 11:50 ` Jonathan Protzenko
2011-11-15 12:01 ` [Caml-list] " Adrien
2011-11-16 3:02 ` [Caml-list] " Stefan Monnier
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