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opam
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- Commercial services
- OCamlPro provides commercial support, training, and consulting for opam.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Compiler installations
- opam supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Compiler versions
- It supports multiple simultaneous OCaml compiler installations.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yesopam.ocaml.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Development workflow
- It supports a Git-friendly development workflow.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- External archive
- If a package source is not found, opam can try to retrieve it from Software Heritage archives.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Installation methods
- The install guide describes binary installation, system package managers, and building from source.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Isolated environments
- A switch can have its own prefix, installed packages, and compiler version, allowing separate development environments.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Linux downloads
- The install page lists precompiled binaries for Linux amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x, riscv64, armhf, and i686.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Linux sandboxing
- On Linux, package build, install, and remove instructions run in a sandbox that the FAQ says is guaranteed not to affect the system.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Lockfile support
- Yesopam.ocaml.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- macOS downloads
- The install page provides precompiled macOS amd64 and arm64 binaries and lists Homebrew and MacPorts packages.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Offline installation
- Yesopam.ocaml.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Package constraints
- It supports flexible package constraints.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Package count
- The homepage lists 4,679 packages.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- opam package definition files and archivesopam.ocaml.org · read 22 Sep 2026
- Package operations
- The usage guide describes commands to search, install, remove, update, and upgrade packages.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Package repositories
- opam uses the community repository at opam.ocaml.org by default, and third-party repositories can be added or used instead.opam.ocaml.org · read 8 Oct 2026
