Re: [Caml-list] SDL2 bindings, testers and feedback welcome

[Florent Monnier <monnier.florent@gmail.com>]

2013/12/19, Daniel Bünzli wrote:
>
> Le jeudi, 19 décembre 2013 à 06:20, Florent Monnier a écrit :
>
>> which did "compiled" the lib but not "installed" it (the poor joke
>> that i'm attempting to make is that the paragraph is called
>> "Installation", and that following it doesn't lead me to a point where
>> I get something installed.)
>
> Well if you want to be picky the paragraph tells you how to *install* with
> opam and says to look at the `opam` file for *build* instructions...

Oh yes! One day I'll have to learn reading the English language :-)

> That being said after that you are almost there, just use opam-installer [1]
> on the toplevel `tsdl.install` file that these build commands generated.
> Especially since you are packaging for a distribution, this tool can
> generate you a shell script for installation (and eventually you'll be able
> to apply this to all of my packages).

Using the Opam method will not help on platforms where I'm unable to
compile Opam.
(For example on MS/Windows)

> (N.B. manual installation is for advanced users who know what they are doing
> so I'm not going to maintain instructions about that)

Compiling Opam the "file-by-file" way on MS/Windows is also not a piece of cake.

> Best,
>
> Daniel
>
> [1] https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2013-12/msg00068.html
>
-- 
Regards,
Florent