Visual Studio Code advises me to upgrade ocaml-lsp-server : [newer_ocaml_lsp] But my console disagrees : [console1] How can I fix this ? I’m using dune 3.7.0, utop 2.11.0, Ocaml 4.14.0, opam 2.1.3 and VSCode 1.81.1 on my Mac.

It’s certainly because your local Opam is not aware of the latest version of ocaml-lsp-server. Try opam update. This fetches the last version of opam-repository, which is basically the list of all the packages.

Check that the current switch in left bottom corner is the right one. AFAIR VsCode looks for the PATHs in the context of selected switch

[image] Kakadu: Check that the current switch in left bottom corner is the right one. It is, I reset it by hand after every restart, and when I forget to do so VSCode warns me anyway

In GNU/Linux you can check the path of the running ocaml LSP server via ✗ readlink -f /proc/$(pidof ocamllsp)/exe /media/work/.opam/4.14.1+flambda/bin/ocamllsp If the path to the ocamllsp uses that wrong switch, then you selected the wrong one. If ocamllsp runs from the corr…

[image] Kakadu: In GNU/Linux you can check the path of the running ocaml LSP server via So there should be a similar command that does the same on Mac. I tried to guess and failed so far

Trouble upgrading ocaml-lsp-server on Mac

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jonathandoyle September 24, 2023, 10:25am 5

So there should be a similar command that does the same on Mac. I tried to guess and failed so far

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