1.5. Locally Installing OCaml Programs and Libraries

Locally installed files are files that are installed directly by the system administrator, in contrast to files installed through Debian packages. Installation and use of locally installed OCaml related programs is out of the scope of this document. However, in order to have it work with a standard Debian installation, a local system administrator should follow these guidelines:

The default configuration of ocamlfind (the OCaml library manager recommended in Debian) first looks for a local installation of libraries and then for libraries installed by Debian packages. The next section describes the standard paths for files contained in Debian packages.

Warning

The + preceding any library in the -I of ocamlc or ocamlopt won't be expanded to the local standard library path. You need to specify the path entirely.