Re: OCaml package `ocaml-zarith` not working / Guix installed `ocamlc` not picking up installed libraries (addendum 3 - comparison with guile)

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de>]

Hello Julien!

Indeed, it is in the readme of zarith. I should have checked more thoroughly. I 
skipped that whole "Installation" section, because I thought: "I already 
installed it using Guix." ^^'

Anyway, now with library usage being possible and finally having a working 
factorial (haha), I can continue learning! Thanks you for your help!

Best wishes,
Zelphir

On 02.01.25 08:44, Julien Lepiller wrote:
> I've seen ocamlfind being used by the build process of some packages. Then just a quick search on the internet. The readme of zarith also mentions it. It also mentions using ocamlc directly, but that didn't work for me.
>
> Le 2 janvier 2025 02:18:25 GMT+01:00, Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de> a écrit :
>> On 31.12.24 15:57, Julien Lepiller wrote:
>>> I tried and after adding ocaml-findlib in the shell, I was able to build with:
>>>
>>> ocamlfind ocamlc -package zarith -linkpkg -o main main.ml
>>>
>>> I don't use ocaml often but it looks like how you need to specify the libraries to gcc with -I and -l.
>>>
>>> I don't know how it would work with ocamlc alone. Does it work like that on other distros?
>> Hi Julien!
>>
>> Thank you for figuring this out! It works for me as well.
>>
>> May I ask, how you found out about this?
>>
>> Best regards, Zelphir
>>
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