Note that Windows is not fully supported by the examples in Real World OCaml or by opam, though it's being worked on. Until that's - ready, we recommend using a virtual machine running Debian Linux on + ready, we recommend using the + DkML Windows distribution, or + a virtual machine running Debian Linux on your local machine through WSL2, or - Docker for Windows.
+ Docker for Windows. The DkML Windows + distribution has callout sections titled Using DkML on Windows? for + easy navigation.Let's get started.
+ opam will be installed and set up by downloading and running the + DkML 2.0.1 64-bit installer. +
+ ++ After that, skip down to the + Set up utop for DkML on Windows section. +
+The easiest way to install opam is through your OS's package @@ -107,7 +125,7 @@
Other packages will come up in the book, but you can install them when you need them.
-You should create an ~/.ocamlinit file in your home
directory with the following contents:
# is
used to mark a toplevel directive, not a comment.
+You should first create an utop configuration directory.
+ If you use Command Prompt to run command-line programs, run the following:
+if NOT EXIST %LOCALAPPDATA%\utop ( mkdir %LOCALAPPDATA%\utop )
+If instead you use PowerShell to run command-line programs, run the + following:
+ +
+New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory $env:LOCALAPPDATA\utop
+Then you should create an %LOCALAPPDATA%\utop\init.ml file if you
+ use Command Prompt, or create an $env:LOCALAPPDATA/utop/init.ml
+ file if you use PowerShell, with the following contents:
+#require "base";;
+open Base;;
+When you save the file the "Encoding" must be +UTF-8, not UTF-8 with BOM or UTF-16.
+ + This will open the Base standard library. Notice that # is
+ used to mark a toplevel directive, not a comment.