Re: Installing lablgtk failed; cannot find camlp4orf.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 09:47:02PM +0100, Gabriel Scherer [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
> This seems to be an OPAM packaging bug that should be reported at
>   https://github.com/ocaml/opam-repository/issues

Submitted.

https://github.com/ocaml/opam-repository/issues/5280

> 
> Could you tell which version of OCaml you have and which switch you
> are using? From the log it looks like this is 4.01 using the system
> switch (presumably you installed OCaml from your system distribution,
> and the packaged version is 4.01), but that might also be a bug. Have
> you tried using a more recent version (opam switch install 4.02.3)?

I originally installed opam from the Debian/Devuan package.
It forced installation of a few others, including ocaml.
Currently ocaml is at 4.01.0-5 and opam is at 1.2.0-1.

> 
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Hendrik Boom [email protected]
> [ocaml_beginners] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Installing lablgtk failed.
> > It appears to be unable to find camlp4orf.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -- hendrik
> >
> >
> > hendrik@notlookedfor:~/dv/ocaml/learngtk$ opam install lablgtk
> > The following actions will be performed:
> >  - install   camlp4.4.01+system                    [required by lablgtk]
> >  - install   lablgtk.2.18.3
> > === 2 to install ===
> > Do you want to continue ? [Y/n] y
> >
> > =-=- Synchronizing package archives -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >
> > =-=- Installing packages =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > Copying ~/.opam/repo/default/packages/camlp4/camlp4.4.01+system/files/install to ~/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system/
> > Copying ~/.opam/repo/default/packages/camlp4/camlp4.4.01+system/files/check-camlp4.sh to ~/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system/
> > Building camlp4.4.01+system:
> >   sh ./check-camlp4.sh
> > [ERROR] The compilation of camlp4.4.01+system failed.
> > Removing camlp4.4.01+system.
> >   Nothing to do.
> > [WARNING] Directory /home/hendrik/.opam/system/lib/camlp4 is not empty, not removing
> >
> >
> > #=== ERROR while installing camlp4.4.01+system ================================#
> > # opam-version 1.2.0
> > # os           linux
> > # command      sh ./check-camlp4.sh
> > # path         /home/hendrik/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system
> > # compiler     system (4.01.0)
> > # exit-code    1
> > # env-file     /home/hendrik/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system/camlp4-8311-c61e7b.env
> > # stdout-file  /home/hendrik/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system/camlp4-8311-c61e7b.out
> > # stderr-file  /home/hendrik/.opam/system/build/camlp4.4.01+system/camlp4-8311-c61e7b.err
> > ### stdout ###
> > # ...[truncated]
> > # `opam switch`.
> > #
> > # Here are some installation instructions for camlp4 if you obtained OCaml
> > # via the OPAM binary packages:
> > #
> > # http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Aocaml&package=ocaml
> > #
> > # * Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install camlp4-extra
> > # * RHEL/CentOS/Fedora: sudo yum install ocaml-camlp4
> > #
> > ### stderr ###
> > # ./check-camlp4.sh: 3: ./check-camlp4.sh: camlp4orf: not found
> >
> >
> > =-=- Error report -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > The following failed
> >  - install   camlp4.4.01+system
> > Due to the errors, the following have been cancelled
> >  - install   lablgtk.2.18.3
> > hendrik@notlookedfor:~/dv/ocaml/learngtk$
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> ------------------------------------
> Posted by: Gabriel Scherer <[email protected]>
> ------------------------------------
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> Archives up to December 31, 2011 are also downloadable at http://www.connettivo.net/cntprojects/ocaml_beginners
> The archives of the very official ocaml list (the seniors' one) can be found at http://caml.inria.fr
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