NAME¶

opam-installer - Handles (un)installation of package files following instructions from OPAM *.install files.

SYNOPSIS¶

opam-installer [OPTION]... [PKG.install]

ARGUMENTS¶

PKG.install

The OPAM .install file to read for installation instructions

OPTIONS¶

--docdir=PATH

Documentation dir. Relative to prefix or absolute. By default $prefix/doc.

--help[=FMT] (default=auto)

Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of `auto', `pager', `groff' or `plain'. With `auto', the format is `pager` or `plain' whenever the TERM env var is `dumb' or undefined.

-i, --install

Install the package (the default)

--libdir=PATH

OCaml lib dir. Relative to prefix or absolute. By default $prefix/lib ; sometimes setting this to $(ocamlc -where) is preferable.

--mandir=PATH

Manpages dir. Relative to prefix or absolute. By default $prefix/man.

--name=NAME

Specify the package name. Used to set install directory under `share/', etc. By default, basename of the .install file

--prefix=PREFIX (absent=/usr/local)

The prefix to install to. You can use eg '$PREFIX' to output a relocatable script

--script

Don't execute the commands, but output a shell-script (experimental)

--stubsdir=PATH

Stubs installation dir. Relative to prefix or absolute. By default $libdir/stublibs.

--topdir=PATH

Toplevel install dir. Relative to prefix or absolute. By default $libdir/toplevel.

-u, --uninstall, --remove

Remove the package

--version

Show version information.