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From: Wojciech Meyer <wojciech.meyer@googlemail.com>
To: Jonathan Protzenko <jonathan.protzenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Kakadu <kakadu.hafanana@gmail.com>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] New version of the binary installer for Windows
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:25:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOg1smBSp_Q7Rxu5JKYG_fmTBrdzEMkp2PgZ04m+-wuO_UNnYA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F732BFE.104@gmail.com>

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the installer!

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Jonathan Protzenko
<jonathan.protzenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, ocamlbuild requires a unix-like environment, with a few
> utilities in the path: bash, mkdir...

It looks like he's got a partially installed environment - as bash is there.

> The installer only provides the very basics. It does not provide a unix
> environment on windows, only the ocaml binaries, flexlink, and ocamlfind. If
> you want to go further, e.g. use ocamlbuild, or benefit from native
> compilation, you need to install a development environment, such as cygwin,
> or msys. Currently, because of bug 5465, cygwin is the recommended way.
>
> I've successfully used ocamlbuild under cygwin and msys, and it works fine.

How about bundling the installer with cygwin or msys? Beware of the
license issues however.

Cheers,

Wojciech

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-28 15:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-28 12:24 Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-28 14:55 ` Kakadu
2012-03-28 15:19   ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-28 15:25     ` Wojciech Meyer [this message]
2012-03-28 15:38       ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-28 15:54       ` David Allsopp
2012-03-28 16:04         ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-28 17:36       ` Adrien
2012-03-28 20:42         ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-29 11:55     ` Kakadu
2012-03-29 12:18       ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-03-29 12:19         ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-29 12:27         ` Kakadu
2012-03-28 15:32   ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-30 14:15 ` [Caml-list] " Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-30 14:41   ` David Allsopp
2012-03-30 17:38   ` Kakadu
2012-04-03 12:32     ` Jonathan Protzenko
2012-03-31  9:34   ` Sylvain Le Gall
2012-04-02  8:03   ` Romain Bardou
2012-04-02  8:21     ` Alain Frisch
2012-04-02  8:23     ` David Allsopp
2012-04-02 11:14     ` Adrien
2012-04-02 11:39       ` Romain Bardou
2012-04-02 11:53       ` Jonathan Protzenko

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