However, if you're not able to get that working, don't worry about it much.
The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014).
+<!-- 3.12.1 July 2011; 4.00.1 Oct 2012; 4.01.0 Sept 2013; 4.02.0 Aug 2014; 4.02.1 Oct 2014 -->
-* *Another instruction page focuses on [OPAM](http://ocaml.org/docs/install.html), also [this](https://opam.ocaml.org).*
-
-* *[More details about installing OCaml on Macs, if needed](http://cocan.org/getting_started_with_ocaml_on_mac_os_x)*
* In your web browser:
even if you don't know what MinGW or Cygwin are.
Some features of this require Cygwin, but it looks like
it should mostly work even for users without Cygwin.
- At the time of this writing, only an installer for the previous
- version of OCaml (3.11.0, from January 2010) is available.
+ At the time of this writing, only an installer for an earlier
+ version of OCaml (4.01.0, from September 2013) is available.
To install the Findlib add-on, you must have the
Cygwin system installed. We assume few of you do,
* **To install on Mac without MacPorts**
+ *Instructions coming*
+
+* *Another instruction page focuses on [OPAM](http://ocaml.org/docs/install.html), also [this](https://opam.ocaml.org).*
+
+* *[More details about installing OCaml on Macs, if needed](http://mirror.ocamlcore.org/wiki.cocan.org/getting_started_with_ocaml_on_mac_os_x)*
+
+ <!--
To install OCaml 3.12 (just released this summer), go to
<http://caml.inria.fr/download.en.html>
and download and install the "Binary distribution for Mac OS X"
This will build an installer package which you should be able to
double-click and install.
+ -->
* **To install on Mac with MacPorts**
- You can install the previous version of OCaml (3.11.2,
- from January 2010), together with the Findlib add-on, by opening a Terminal
- and typing:
+ 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
+ sudo port install ocaml caml-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
Use your packaging system, for example, open a Terminal and
type:
- sudo apt-get install ocaml ocaml-findlib
+ sudo apt-get install ocaml ocaml-findlib opam
- That will install a version of OCaml and the Findlib add-on.
+ 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 can't get findlib through your packaging system, you'll
need to download it from
- <http://download.camlcity.org/download/findlib-1.2.6.tar.gz>.
+ <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.
Here are the INSTALL notes:
* In a Terminal, type `sudo apt-get install haskell-platform`.
-If any of the instructions above don't work, then you can try alternative instructions for [Windows](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/windows) or [Mac](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/osx) or [Ubuntu](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/linux). After installing the software, you should open a terminal and type `cabal update && cabal install alex happy`. If typing `which ghci` in a Terminal doesn't give you any reply, you may need to type `echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc`, then exit and restart your Terminal session.
+If any of the instructions above don't work, then you can try alternative instructions for [Mac](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/osx) or [Windows](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/windows) or [Ubuntu](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/linux). After installing the software, open a Terminal and type `cabal update && cabal install alex happy`. <!-- If typing `which ghci` in a Terminal doesn't give you any reply, you may need to type `echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc`, then exit and restart your Terminal session. --> Note that this method doesn't install all the extensions that are part of the Haskell Platform, but only the core pieces of GHC. You can use Cabal to download and manage any extra extensions you turn out to need, down the road.
It's useful to know about the general [Haskell wiki](https://wiki.haskell.org) (not restricted to just GHC). They have a [Getting Started](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_5_steps) page, which also recommends that you install the Haskell Platform.