update installation for OCaml

[lambda.git] / how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn

diff --git a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn
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--- a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn
+++ b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014).
     You can install the current version of OCaml (4.02.1, from October 2014),
     together with the Findlib add-on and OPAM package manager, by opening a Terminal and typing:
 
-        sudo port install ocaml caml-findlib opam
+        sudo port install ocaml ocaml-findlib opam
 
     As with Scheme, it's helpful to also have rlwrap installed, and to start OCaml as `rlwrap ocaml`. This gives
     you a nice history of the commands you've already typed, which you can scroll up and down in with your
@@ -321,20 +321,25 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014).
     Use your packaging system, for example, open a Terminal and
     type:
 
-        sudo apt-get install ocaml ocaml-findlib opam
+        sudo apt-get install ocaml opam camlp4-extra ocaml-findlib
 
     That will install a version of OCaml and the Findlib add-on and OPAM package manager.
 
-    If for some reason you can't get OCaml through your
-    packaging system, you can go to
+    If you're using Ubuntu "Utopic" (14.10), there's [a note on the OPAM home page](https://opam.ocaml.org/doc/Install.html)
+    warning that its version of OPAM is broken, and not to use it. Here's how you can get (OCaml and) OPAM from a newer repository:
+
+        sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+        sudo apt-apt-repository -y ppa:avsm/ppa
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install ocaml opam
+
+    If for some reason you can't get OCaml through your Linux packaging system, you can go to
     <http://caml.inria.fr/download.en.html>.
     Pre-packaged binary installers are available for several Linux systems.
 
-    If you can't get findlib through your packaging system, you'll
-    need to download it from
+    If you can't get findlib through your packaging system, you'll need to download it from
     <http://download.camlcity.org/download/findlib-1.5.5.tar.gz>.
-    and use gcc to compile it yourself. If you don't know how to
-    do that, you probably don't want to attempt this.
+    and use gcc to compile it yourself. If you don't know how to do that, you probably don't want to attempt this.
     Here are the INSTALL notes:
     <https://godirepo.camlcity.org/svn/lib-findlib/trunk/INSTALL>.