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Issues with Installing OCaml and OPAM on Windows 10 #27156

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SitaGanesh opened this issue Dec 20, 2024 · 0 comments
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Issues with Installing OCaml and OPAM on Windows 10 #27156

SitaGanesh opened this issue Dec 20, 2024 · 0 comments

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SitaGanesh commented Dec 20, 2024

Description:
I encountered multiple issues while trying to install OCaml and OPAM on my Windows 10 system. Despite following the recommended steps, I faced several errors related to the installation of the OCaml base compiler and other dependencies. Below are the details of the steps I followed and the errors I encountered.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Installed Cygwin with the following packages:
    • gcc-core
    • make
    • autoconf
    • automake
    • libtool
  2. Added Cygwin's bin directory to the system PATH.
  3. Installed OPAM and initialized it using:
    `opam init`
    
  4. Attempted to create a new OPAM switch with OCaml version 4.12.0:
    opam switch create 4.12.0 --jobs=1
  5. Encountered the following error during the switch creation:
    configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

Error Logs:


=== ERROR while compiling ocaml-base-compiler.4.12.0 =========================
context     2.3.0 | win32/x86_64 |  | https://opam.ocaml.org#3531767c50e60953b103a19f8a8a461a0d57fe77
path        ~\AppData\Local\opam\4.12.0\.opam-switch\build\ocaml-base-compiler.4.12.0   
command     ~\AppData\Local\opam\4.12.0\.opam-switch\build\ocaml-base-compiler.4.12.0\./configure --prefix=C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\opam\4.12.0 -C
exit-code   1
env-file    ~\AppData\Local\opam\log\ocaml-base-compiler-13196-4a252b.env
output-file ~\AppData\Local\opam\log\ocaml-base-compiler-13196-4a252b.out
### output ###
[...]
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-cygwin
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-cygwin
checking target system type... x86_64-pc-cygwin
checking for ld... no
checking for link... link
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/cygdrive/c/Users/User/AppData/Local/opam/4.12.0/.opam-switch/build/ocaml-base-compiler.4.12.0':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details
`

Additional Information:

  • Windows 10 OS
  • Cygwin installed with the required packages
  • OPAM version: 2.3.0
  • OCaml version attempted: 4.12.0

Expected Behavior: The OCaml base compiler and other dependencies should install successfully without errors.

Actual Behavior: The installation fails with errors indicating that no acceptable C compiler was found in the $PATH.

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