[opam-devel] Error installing ocamlfind using Ubuntu's OPAM package

[Arnaud Degroote]

On 13/Aug - 21:30, Jon Loldrup wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to install cohttp on Ubuntu 14.04. However it is not working so
> well, as can be seen from this screenshot:
> 
> http://i58.tinypic.com/euk9e1.png
> 
> I started from a pretty much unaltered installation of Ubuntu 14.04. Then I
> executed the following commands in order. The last command led to the error.
> 
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get install ocaml-nox ocaml-native-compilers ocaml-doc tuareg-mode
> ocaml-findlib oasis libpcre-ocaml-dev
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install ocaml ocaml-native-compilers camlp4-extra opam
> opam
> opam list
> opam init
> eval `opam config env`
> opam search cohttp
> opam search core
> opam update
> opam list
> opam install cohttp
> 
> So, how do I approach figuring out what went wrong? I'm an Ocaml newbie..
> Also, where should I report errors like this if it is indeed a bug instead
> of a user error?

From the error message, it seems you need to install m4 using apt (or
aptitude)
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