The easiest solution for your situation as of right now would be making a vm image that has everything installed, ocaml, eclipse, ocaide etc. and distribute it to everybody.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Andrej Bauer <andrej.ba...@andrej.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- In accordance with U.S. Treasury regulations, if this message contains advice concerning one or more Federal tax issues, it is not a formal legal opinion and may not be used by any person for the avoidance of Federal tax penalties. -- 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
