Switching to a different operating system, or running a different operating system in a virtual machine is NOT the most obvious solution to normal people (everyone on this mailing list excluded). While I agree with what Dario says in principle, I am convinced that people aren't that keen on using Gnome/GTK gui inside Virtual box running on a Windows 7.
Realistically, there is just no easy way to install Ocaml on Windows from what I've learned. With kind regards, Andrej On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Dario Teixeira <darioteixe...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > >> I was shocked to learn that you cannot set it so that it only warns > >> about suspicous files. It actually instists on deleting them! I asked >> my student what Norton will do with his Ph.D. dissertation if it is >> judged to have too low a reputation, and he just faintly smiled. I >> will try to get his boss to buy him a Mac. > > But if switching to a Mac is a solution on the table, that means that your > student does not actually need OCaml running on Windows. What they > need is OCaml, and they just happen to be using Windows as their OS. > However, if this is the case, then it seems you did pick the most convoluted > approach. As others have mentioned, why not just install a free-as-in-beer > and easy to use virtualisation software like Virtualbox and use it to run a > Linux > distro where OCaml is just an apt-get away? > > Mind you, I'm not saying you don't have a point regarding the complexity of > installing OCaml on Windows (I wouldn't know). Nevertheless, it does strike > me > that you are bending over backwards to avoid what is the most straightforward > solution in these cases: run OCaml in a Linux distro. > > Cheers, > Dario Teixeira > -- Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
