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Findlib is a library manager for Objective Caml.
It provides a convention how to store libraries, and a file format ("META") to describe the properties of libraries.
There is also a tool (ocamlfind) for interpreting the META files, so that it is very easy to use libraries in programs and scripts.
The information in META includes version string, compiler options for using the library, and dependencies on other libraries.
Writing META files is straight-forward, and comes close to filling out a template.
The ocamlfind tool makes it very easy to use libraries from O'Caml programs.
Basically, ocamlfind is a compiler driver that interprets some additional command-line switches for selecting libraries.
It is also possible to use ocamlfind as query tool to extract data from the library base.
After years of development, Findlib is now the de-facto standard for library management in O'Caml.
A lot of free software for O'Caml now requires that Findlib is available on the system.
Distributions like GODI and Debian ensure that all libraries come with META files.
ocaml-findlib-1.9.8-ocaml5-string-capitalize.patch
ocaml-findlib.spec
ocaml-findlib: A library manager for OCaml
Findlib is a library manager for Objective Caml.It provides a convention how to store libraries, and a file format ("META") to describe the properties of libraries.
There is also a tool (ocamlfind) for interpreting the META files, so that it is very easy to use libraries in programs and scripts.
The information in META includes version string, compiler options for using the library, and dependencies on other libraries.
Writing META files is straight-forward, and comes close to filling out a template.
The ocamlfind tool makes it very easy to use libraries from O'Caml programs.
Basically, ocamlfind is a compiler driver that interprets some additional command-line switches for selecting libraries.
It is also possible to use ocamlfind as query tool to extract data from the library base.
After years of development, Findlib is now the de-facto standard for library management in O'Caml.
A lot of free software for O'Caml now requires that Findlib is available on the system.
Distributions like GODI and Debian ensure that all libraries come with META files.
| Name: | ocaml-findlib |
| Release: | 1.9.8-3mamba |
| Group: | Development/Tools |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | MIT |
| Size: | 293.14 kB |
| Upstream URL: | http://projects.camlcity.org/projects/findlib.html |
| Build time: | 2026-04-24 02:07:08 |
Source files
findlib-1.9.8.tar.gzocaml-findlib-1.9.8-ocaml5-string-capitalize.patch
ocaml-findlib.spec
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | |
|---|---|
| Built RPMS | ocaml-findlib ocaml-findlib-debug ocaml-findlib-devel |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] ocaml [1] [2] ocaml[>=0:5.4.1] [1] ocaml-compiler-libs [1] [2] ocaml-compiler-libs[>=0:5.4.1-1mamba] [1] ocaml-labltk[>=0:8.06.12] [1] [2] ocaml-pcre [1] [2] ocaml-runtime [1] [2] ocaml-runtime[>=0:5.4.1-1mamba] [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | Claude | 1.9.8-3mamba | - rebuild with OCaml 5.4.1 (fixes ocamlfind bytecode incompatibility) |
| 2026-04-18 | Claude | 1.9.8-2mamba | - rebuild with ocaml >= 5.4.1; patch OCaml 5 compatibility (String.*_ascii, Stdlib); install ocamlfind_opt |
| 2024-11-17 | Automatic Build System | 1.9.8-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-11-09 | Automatic Build System | 1.9.7-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-07-02 | Sdk Build System | 1.9.6-2mamba | - rebuilt with ocaml 4.14.1 |
| 2022-09-25 | autodist | 1.9.6-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2022-06-23 | autodist | 1.9.5-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2022-01-29 | silvan | 1.9.3-1mamba | - update to 1.9.3 |
| 2021-03-22 | autodist | 1.9.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2021-01-21 | silvan | 1.8.1-4mamba | - rebuilt with ocaml 4.11.1 |
