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Expand Up @@ -19,16 +19,34 @@ <h1>Installation Instructions</h1>

<p>Note that Windows is not fully supported by the examples in Real
World OCaml or by opam, though it's being worked on. Until that's
ready, we recommend using a virtual machine running Debian Linux on
ready, we recommend using the
<a href="https://diskuv.com/dkmlbook/">DkML Windows distribution</a>, or
a virtual machine running Debian Linux on
your local machine
through <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install">WSL2</a>,
or
<a href="https://docker.com">Docker for Windows</a>.</p>
<a href="https://docker.com">Docker for Windows</a>. The DkML Windows
distribution has callout sections titled <em>Using DkML on Windows?</em> for
easy navigation.</p>

<p>Let's get started.</p>

<h2 id="install-opam">Install and set up opam</h2>

<h3>Using DkML on Windows?</h3>

<em>If you use Unix (ex. macOS, Linux) you can skip this section.</em>

<p>
opam will be installed and set up by downloading and running the
<a href="https://gitlab.com/diskuv-ocaml/distributions/dkml/-/releases/2.0.1/downloads/setup64u.exe">DkML 2.0.1 64-bit installer</a>.
</p>

<p>
After that, skip down to the
<a href="#set-up-utop-dkml-on-windows">Set up utop for DkML on Windows</a> section.
</p>

<h3>Install opam</h3>

<p>The easiest way to install opam is through your OS's package
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<p>Other packages will come up in the book, but you can install them
when you need them.</p>

<h3>Set up utop</h3>
<h3>Set up utop on Unix</h3>

<p>You should create an <code>~/.ocamlinit</code> file in your home
directory with the following contents:</p>
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pretty-printers and syntax extensions. Notice that <code>#</code> is
used to mark a toplevel directive, not a comment.</p>

<h3 id="set-up-utop-dkml-on-windows">Set up utop for DkML on Windows</h3>

<em>If you use Unix (ex. macOS, Linux) you can skip this section.</em>

<p>You should first create an <code>utop</code> configuration directory.
If you use Command Prompt to run command-line programs, run the following:</p>

<pre><code class="language-batch">
if NOT EXIST %LOCALAPPDATA%\utop ( mkdir %LOCALAPPDATA%\utop )
</code></pre>

<p>If instead you use PowerShell to run command-line programs, run the
following:</p>

<pre><code class="language-powershell">
New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory $env:LOCALAPPDATA\utop
</code></pre>

<p>Then you should create an <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\utop\init.ml</code> file if you
use Command Prompt, or create an <code>$env:LOCALAPPDATA/utop/init.ml</code>
file if you use PowerShell, with the following contents:</p>

<pre ><code class="language-ocaml">
#require "base";;
open Base;;
</code></pre>

<p>When you save the file the "Encoding" <strong>must</strong> be
<em>UTF-8</em>, not <em>UTF-8 with BOM</em> or <em>UTF-16</em>.</p>

<p> This will open the Base standard library. Notice that <code>#</code> is
used to mark a toplevel directive, not a comment.</p>

<h2 id="editor-setup">Set up your editor</h2>

<h3>Visual Studio Code</h3>
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