What is package base.caml?

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I am trying to build parsexp-0.14.1 with caml-4.12 and it fails to find base.caml:

File "src/dune", line 1, characters 66-75:
1 | (library (name parsexp) (public_name parsexp) (libraries sexplib0 base.caml)
                                                                      ^^^^^^^^^
Error: Library "base.caml" not found.
Hint: try:
  dune external-lib-deps --missing @@default

opam doesn’t find base.caml. Based on its name it should be provides by ocaml itself (?) Where is this package defined?

2

base.caml is provided by Janestreet’s base library (see here). You probably need to run opam install base

3

Thank you!

Do you also know where does the package lwt.unix come from?

4

This is from the lwt package. You can install all dependencies of an opam package with

opam install . --deps-only