I added #thread and I also tried adding a ";;" after all of the lines starting with # . Here is what my .ocamlinit looks like right now. (* Added by OPAM. *) let () = try Topdirs.dir_directory (Sys.getenv "OCAML_TOPLEVEL_PATH") with Not_found -> () ;; #use "topfind" #camlp4o #require "core.top" #require "core.syntax" #require "core_extended" #require "async" #thread open Core.Std The output in the terminal is: OCaml version 4.00.1 Findlib has been successfully loaded. Additional directives: #require "package";; to load a package #list;; to list the available packages #camlp4o;; to load camlp4 (standard syntax) #camlp4r;; to load camlp4 (revised syntax) #predicates "p,q,...";; to set these predicates Topfind.reset();; to force that packages will be reloaded #thread;; to enable threads /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/dynlink.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/camlp4: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/camlp4/camlp4o.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/unix.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/bigarray.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/bin_prot: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/bin_prot/bin_prot.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/variantslib: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/variantslib/variantslib.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/ocaml/nums.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/num-top: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/num-top/num_top.cma: loaded Camlp4 Parsing version 4.00.1 /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/num: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/sexplib: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/sexplib/sexplib.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/fieldslib: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/fieldslib/fieldslib.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/oUnit: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/oUnit/oUnit.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/pa_ounit: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/pa_ounit/pa_ounit_lib.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/res: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/res/res.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/core_kernel: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/core_kernel/core_kernel.cma: loaded /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/core: added to search path /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/core/core.cma: loaded File ".ocamlinit", line 1: Error: Reference to undefined global `Condition' Thanks, Casey On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Leo White wrote: > > typing ocaml into the terminal yields: > > > > OCaml version 4.00.1 > > > > Findlib has been successfully loaded. Additional directives: > > #require "package";; to load a package > [...] > > /Users/caseybasichis/.opam/4.00.1/lib/core/core.cma: loaded > > File ".ocamlinit", line 1: > > Error: Reference to undefined global `Condition' > > It looks like your .ocamlinit may be missing a "#thread" directive > (required by Core). > > Regards, > > Leo > -- Casey James Basichis Composer - Adventure Time - Cartoon Network http://www.caseyjamesbasichis.com caseybasichis@gmail.com 310.387.7540