From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by walapai.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id pAGDj38d024316 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:45:03 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmkCABC+w07RVdK2mGdsb2JhbABDmgGNE4EPgUwIIgEBAQEBCAkNBxQeB4FyAQEBAwELBwIXFQEbEgwDAQsGBQsNDSEiAQwBBAEFAQMBBgQBDQYTEgkHh2AIm2YKi2EKglyFKz2IcQIFCoNPhj4EiBSMIIYqhCGDAj06g1c X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,521,1315173600"; d="scan'208";a="130898259" Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com ([209.85.210.182]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 16 Nov 2011 14:44:37 +0100 Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so997647iak.27 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:44:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PRYXQajt+xoHoq4Sf57RDASBVsG30n6iuHc9fr9gChE=; b=A29RMi+gp4bu7nMdIRQOj3OtuiHiGnAWlYn1qYFPZ4yPiNaIFYr0zKnDml411zrQY4 Lu2XfH3WIQLwXa2UJ4tgRpWIHMmRIT39DWFYuSFJQN9YWrCtgh2GfZWHyecXdqPUyRwC qYaBfnLr+1haAWvYRmnJWjHL9kYkfExzTiZOs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.170.105 with SMTP id al9mr33358526igc.28.1321451076452; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:44:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.30.65 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:44:35 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: romerun@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <4EC23672.7070709@gmail.com> <1321370897.43865.YahooMailNeo@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:44:35 -0600 Message-ID: From: Komtanoo Pinpimai To: "caml-list@inria.fr" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by walapai.inria.fr id pAGDj38d024316 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How to fail to install Ocaml in 18 steps 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 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 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 >> > > > -- > Caml-list mailing list.  Subscription management and archives: > https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > > -- In accordance with U.S. Treasury regulations, if this message contains advice concerning one or more Federal tax issues, it is not a formal legal opinion and may not be used by any person for the avoidance of Federal tax penalties.