Hi, Installing OPAM worked fine, but most of the packages won't install because of issues with ocamlfind. > opam install ocamlfind The following actions will be performed: - install ocamlfind.1.3.3 1 to install | 0 to reinstall | 0 to upgrade | 0 to downgrade | 0 to remove =-=-= ocamlfind.1.3.3 =-=-= The archive for ocamlfind.1.3.3 is in the local cache. Extracting /home/deech/.opam/archives/ocamlfind.1.3.3+opam.tar.gz. Building ocamlfind.1.3.3: ./configure -bindir /home/deech/.opam/system/bin -sitelib /home/deech/.opam/system/lib -mandir /home/deech/.opam/system/man -config /home/deech/.opam/system/lib/findlib.conf -no-topfind make all make opt make install ocamlfind remove dbm The compilation of ocamlfind.1.3.3 failed. ==== ERROR [while installing ocamlfind.1.3.3] ==== # command make all # path /home/deech/.opam/system/build/ocamlfind.1.3.3 # exit-code 2 # env-file /home/deech/.opam/system/build/ocamlfind.1.3.3/ocamlfind-1872ec.env # stdout-file /home/deech/.opam/system/build/ocamlfind.1.3.3/ocamlfind-1872ec.out # stderr-file /home/deech/.opam/system/build/ocamlfind.1.3.3/ocamlfind-1872ec.err ### stdout ### ...[truncated] ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -g -c findlib.ml ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -g -c fl_args.ml ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -a -o findlib.cma findlib_config.cmo fl_split.cmo fl_metatoken.cmo fl_meta.cmo fl_metascanner.cmo fl_topo.cmo fl_package_base.cmo findlib.cmo fl_args.cmo ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -g -c ocaml_args.ml ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -g -c frontend.ml ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -custom -o ocamlfind -g findlib.cma unix.cma \ ocaml_args.cmo frontend.cmo ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -c topfind.mli ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -g -c topfind.ml make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/deech/.opam/system/build/ocamlfind.1.3.3/src/findlib' ### stderr ### ...[truncated] Warning 26: unused variable in_direction. File "topfind.ml", line 53, characters 10-19: Warning 26: unused variable stdlibdir. File "topfind.ml", line 97, characters 11-12: Warning 26: unused variable d. File "topfind.ml", line 1, characters 0-1: Error: /usr/local/lib/ocaml/compiler-libs/topdirs.cmi is not a compiled interface make[1]: *** [topfind.cmo] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 '/usr/local/bin/opam install ocamlfind' failed. My Ocaml version is 3.12.1 -deech On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Gazagnaire wrote: > I'm very happy to announce the beta release of OPAM (0.9.1). OPAM is a > package manager for OCaml to install libraries and tools from source > archives. It supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations, > flexible package constraints, and a Git-friendly development workflow. > > The goal of this beta release is to formally introduce OPAM to the > community, to gather some general feedback on the documentation and tools > and double-check that we've not forgotten some useful features. I would > also like to use that opportunity to make an official call to maintainers: > if you have developed packages which are already in OPAM do not hesitate to > claim their ownership and to improve their description - if your packages > are not yet in, it's time to start packaging them! > > OPAM is developed by OCamlPro[1] and has been in alpha release since June > 2012. It is already quite mature and has gained some nice momentum (+40 > contributors, +300 packages). OPAM has been initially funded by Jane > Street[2] and the DORM EU research project, and it has received continuous > help and resources from OCamlLabs[3]. > > The source code of OPAM is available on Github: > * installer: https://github.com/OCamlpro/opam > * packages and compiler descriptions: > https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-repository > * website: https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam2web > > The documention: > * install instructions and tutorial are available > http://opam.ocamlpro.com/ > * the main source of documentation is 'opam --help' or 'opam > --help' > * user manual: > https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/raw/master/doc/dev-manual/dev-manual.pdf > > You can report issues on github bug tracker: > * https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/issues > > The next steps for us is to focus on improving the package descriptions > quality and the global consistency of > https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam-repository. We will gladly accept any > kind of help and support from the community to do this! We plan to > announce the release of 1.0.0 in a couple of months, with improved package > quality and better integration with the future OCaml platform. > > Last point, if you are working in a company and that you already use OPAM, > or plan to use OPAM, and you would like to help us ensuring it a > sustainable future[2], you can contact us at contact@ocamlpro.com. > > On behalf of the OPAM team, > Thomas Gazagnaire > > [1] http://www.ocamlpro.com/ > [2] http://www.janestreet.com/ > [3] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/ocamllabs/ > > > > -- > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: > https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs