I have been trying to download ocaml on my Mac for about two hours, but I have failed. None of the guides I follow work for me, I must be doing something wrong. I’m very savvy when it comes to tech but I am really struggling right now. If anyone could help that would be great, thanks in advance.

The OCaml installation page at OCaml.org gives commands for three package managers: Homebrew, Fink, MacPorts. Are you using one of those? If so, what happens when you try the commands listed on the page? (I have been using Homebrew for a few years now, personally, and have had little to no trouble i…

Yes, I have been following those guides. Usually terminal just takes a long time to compute the commands and then once I get to certain steps it stops loading at all.

What commands do you type and what does the output look like exactly?

I’ll try again and come back with some screenshots of what’s going on.

FWIW, cut/paste of command lines is better than screenshots, so other people can try the same commands.

https://gyazo.com/009c5dd390a596475ab5dada04091214 https://gyazo.com/722a2a5f46628d03e7ae23a25a8faa3b Where do I go from here?

Using brew is usually pretty reliable for me. brew install opam opam init eval `opam config env` opam switch 4.06.1 I just received a work laptop which is a Mac running OSX and the above worked for me.

[image] ins: brew install opam opam init eval opam config env opam switch 4.06.1 Okay, running that now.

https://gyazo.com/6947a469486d2f8f58173db6410fe005

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Rocco June 1, 2018, 12:59am 7

I’m using HomeBrew right now to install it, and so far the process is going much smoother.

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