Re: [Caml-list] Problems installing with opam

[Helmut Brandl <helmut.brandl@gmx.net>]

Thanks,

a complete reinstallation of opam resolved the problem. However since I 
have never edited something in the ".opam" directory, opam seems to have 
screwed up its own directory.

Regards
Helmut

On 03/28/2016 08:37 AM, Francois Berenger wrote:
> On 03/28/2016 04:13 PM, Helmut Brandl wrote:
>> On 03/28/2016 07:40 AM, Kakadu wrote:
>>> >From your camlp4 log I see that you re installing camlp4 patched for
>>> implicits using 4.02.3 compiler. You should not do that. You need to
>>> investigate why opam decides to install this version of camlp4.
>> How can I find out why opam makes this decision?
>>
>> Something looks very screwed up. I have tried to switch to 4.00.0, but
>> this fails with
>
> The "ejection seat" procedure with opam is:
>
> 1) rm -rf ~/.opam
> 2) remove all system-wide-installed ocaml packages/libraries
>    from your computer (ocaml, camlp4, findlib, etc).
> 3) reinstall opam from scratch
> 4) opam switch to the compiler you need
> 5) opam install all your needed tools/libraries
>