Re: cairo pdf

On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:58:32 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 06:33:42PM +0200, Christophe Troestler wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:25:42 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > >
> > > > ocamlfind ocamlopt -package cairo2 wander.ml -o wander
> > >
> > > Thank you. This all looks good. Unfortunately, when I try it I get
> > >
> > > hendrik@notlookedfor:~/dv/fun/group$ ocamlfind ocamlopt -package cairo2
> > > wander.ml -o wander
> > > ocamlfind: Package `cairo2' not found
> >
> > opam install cairo2
> >
> > (you use opam right?)
> 
> Not yet.
> 
> It's part of Debian, though, so it'll probably be a two-liner:
> 
> aptitude install opam
> opam install cairo2
> 
> As root, I presume?

To develop with Cairo, you need to install the C devel lib:

    aptitude install libcairo2-dev   # as root

However, you also need the OCaml bindings:

    aptitude install opam   # as root

and then, as a normal user:

    opam init  # one time only
    opam install cairo2

That's it!

Best,
C.