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Hello, I just want to build ocaml 4.1.1 (to use with unison 2.5.1) on CentOS 7. Is there a simple way to do this without taking on all of opam? Brian |
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Depends on your definition of simple 🙂 Strictly answer your question: compiling OCaml on CentOS 7 is simple, yes. You'll need gcc and make, then it's just Why do you want to avoid opam? opam can either be downloaded as a binary for CentOS, or compiled from cold (running |
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Depends on your definition of simple 🙂 Strictly answer your question: compiling OCaml on CentOS 7 is simple, yes. You'll need gcc and make, then it's just
./configure --prefix /where/to/install/ocaml && make -j && make install. However, compiling Unison's dependencies will be a lot more (unnecessary) work.Why do you want to avoid opam? opam can either be downloaded as a binary for CentOS, or compiled from cold (running
make coldfrom a git clone will give you an opam binary which you can then install to/usr/local/bin, etc.).