OPAM-INSTALLER(1)

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.