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NAME
opam-init - Initialize OPAM state.
SYNOPSIS
opam init [OPTION]... [NAME] [ADDRESS]
DESCRIPTION
The init command creates a fresh client state. This initializes OPAM
configuration in ~/.opam (or the given --root) and configures the
initial remote package repository.
Once the fresh client has been created, OPAM will ask the user if he
wants ~/.profile (or ~/.zshrc, etc. depending on his shell) and
~/.ocamlinit to be updated. If --auto-setup is used, OPAM will modify
the configuration files automatically, without asking the user. If
--no-setup is used, OPAM will *NOT* modify anything outside of ~/.opam.
Additional repositories can be added later by using the opam repository
command.
The state of repositories can be synchronized by using opam update.
The user and global configuration files can be setup later by using
opam config setup.
ARGUMENTS
ADDRESS (absent=https://opam.ocaml.org)
Address of the repository.
NAME (absent=default)
Name of the repository.
OPTIONS
-a, --auto-setup
Automatically setup all the global and user configuration options
for OPAM.
-b, --keep-build-dir
Keep the build directory. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMKEEPBUILDDIR to "true".
--compiler=VERSION (absent=system)
Which compiler version to use.
-d, --build-doc
Build the package documentation. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMBUILDDOC to "true".
--dot-profile=FILENAME
Name of the configuration file to update instead of ~/.profile or
~/.zshrc based on shell detection.
--dry-run
Simulate the command, but don't actually perform any changes.
-e TAGS, --external=TAGS
Display the external packages associated to the given tags. This is
deprecated, use `opam list --external' instead
--fake
This option registers the actions into the OPAM database, without
actually performing them. WARNING: This option is dangerous and
likely to break your OPAM environment. You probably want
`--dry-run'. You've been warned.
-j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS (absent=4)
Number of jobs to use when building packages.
-j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS
Set the maximal number of concurrent jobs to use. You can also set
it using the $OPAMJOBS environment variable.
--json=FILENAME
Save the result output of an OPAM run in a computer-readable file
-k KIND, --kind=KIND
Specify the kind of the repository to be used (one of `http',
`local', `git', `darcs' or `hg').
-m MAKE, --make=MAKE
Use MAKE as the default 'make' command.
-n, --no-setup
Do not update the global and user configuration options to setup
OPAM.
--no-checksums
Do not verify the checksum of downloaded archives.This is
equivalent to setting $OPAMNOCHECKSUMS to "true".
--require-checksums
Reject the installation of packages that don't provide a checksum
for the upstream archives. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS to "true".
--shell=SHELL (absent=sh)
Sets the configuration mode for OPAM environment appropriate for
SHELL. One of one of `bash', `sh', `csh', `zsh' or `fish'.
--show-actions
Call the solver and display the actions. Don't perform any changes.
-t, --build-test
Build and run the package unit-tests. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMBUILDTEST to "true".
COMMON OPTIONS
These options are common to all commands.
--color=WHEN (absent=auto)
Colorize the output. WHEN must be one of `always', `never' or
`auto'.
--criteria=CRITERIA
Specify user preferences for dependency solving for this run.
Overrides both $OPAMCRITERIA and $OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA. For details
on the supported language, and the external solvers available, see
http://opam.ocaml.org/doc/Specifying_Solver_Preferences.html. A
general guide to using solver preferences can be found at
http://www.dicosmo.org/Articles/usercriteria.pdf. The default value
is
-count(down),-count(removed),-notuptodate(solution),-sum(solution,version-lag),-count(new)
for upgrades, and
-count(removed),-notuptodate(request),-sum(request,version-lag),-count(down),-notuptodate(changed),-count(changed),-notuptodate(solution),-sum(solution,version-lag)
otherwise.
--cudf=FILENAME
Debug option: Save the CUDF requests sent to the solver to
FILENAME-<n>.cudf.
--debug
Print debug message to stderr. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMDEBUG to "true".
--debug-level=LEVEL
Like `--debug', but allows specifying the debug level (`--debug'
sets it to 1). Equivalent to setting $OPAMDEBUG to a positive
integer.
--git-version
Print the git version if it exists and exit.
--help[=FMT] (default=pager)
Show this help in format FMT (pager, plain or groff).
--no-base-packages
Do not install base packages (useful for testing purposes). This is
equivalent to setting $OPAMNOBASEPACKAGES to a non-empty string.
--no-self-upgrade
OPAM will replace itself with a newer binary found at OPAMROOT/opam
if present. This disables this behaviour.
-q, --quiet
Be quiet when installing a new compiler.
--root=ROOT (absent=~/.opam)
Use ROOT as the current root path. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMROOT to ROOT.
--safe
Make sure nothing will be automatically updated or rewritten.
Useful for calling from completion scripts, for example. Will fail
whenever such an operation is needed ; also avoids waiting for
locks, skips interactive questions and overrides the OPAMDEBUG
variable.
--solver=CMD
Specify the name of the external dependency solver. The default
value is aspcud. Either 'aspcud', 'packup' or a custom command that
may contain the variables %{input}%, %{output}% and %{criteria}%
--strict
Fail whenever an error is found in a package definition or a
configuration file. The default is to continue silently if
possible.
--switch=SWITCH
Use SWITCH as the current compiler switch. This is equivalent to
setting $OPAMSWITCH to SWITCH.
--use-internal-solver, --no-aspcud
Force use of internal heuristics, even if an external solver is
available.
-v, --verbose
Be more verbose, show package sub-commands and their output. Repeat
to see more. Repeating n times is equivalent to setting
$OPAMVERBOSE to "n".
--version
Show version information.
-y, --yes
Disable interactive mode and answer yes to all questions that would
otherwise be asked to the user. This is equivalent to setting
$OPAMYES to "true".
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
OPAM makes use of the environment variables listed here. Boolean
variables should be set to "0", "no" of "false" to disable, "1", "yes"
or "true" to enable.
OPAMCOLOR, when set to always or never, sets a default value for the
--color option.
OPAMCRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving.The
default value is
-count(removed),-notuptodate(request),-sum(request,version-lag),-count(down),-notuptodate(changed),-count(changed),-notuptodate(solution),-sum(solution,version-lag).
See also option --criteria
OPAMCURL can be used to select a given 'curl' program. See OPAMFETCH
for more options.
OPAMDEBUG see options `--debug' and `--debug-level'.
OPAMDOWNLOADJOBS sets the maximum number of simultaneous downloads.
OPAMEXTERNALSOLVER see option `--solver'.
OPAMFETCH specifies how to download files: either `wget', `curl' or a
custom command where variables %{url}%, %{out}%, %{retries}%,
%{compress}% and %{checksum}% will be replaced. Overrides the
'download-command' value from the main config file.
OPAMJOBS sets the maximum number of parallel workers to run.
OPAMLOCKRETRIES sets the number of tries after which OPAM gives up
acquiring its lock and fails. <= 0 means infinite wait.
OPAMNO answer no to any question asked.
OPAMNOASPCUD see option `--no-aspcud'.
OPAMNOSELFUPGRADE see option `--no-self-upgrade'.
OPAMPINKINDAUTO if set, version control systems are detected when
pinning to a local path.
OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS see option `--require-checksums'.
OPAMRETRY sets the number of tries before failing downloads.
OPAMROOT see option `--root'. This is automatically set by `opam config
env --root=DIR' when DIR is non-default or OPAMROOT is already defined.
OPAMSAFE see option `--safe'
OPAMSKIPVERSIONCHECKS bypasses some version checks. Unsafe, for
compatibility testing only.
OPAMSOLVERTIMEOUT change the time allowance of the internal solver.
OPAMSTATUSLINE display a dynamic status line showing what's currently
going on on the terminal. (one of one of `always', `never' or `auto')
OPAMSWITCH see option `--switch'. Automatically set by `opam config env
--switch=SWITCH'.
OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving
when performing an upgrade. Overrides OPAMCRITERIA in upgrades if both
are set.The default value is
-count(down),-count(removed),-notuptodate(solution),-sum(solution,version-lag),-count(new).
See also option --criteria
OPAMUSEINTERNALSOLVER see option `--use-internal-solver'.
OPAMUTF8 use UTF8 characters in output (one of one of `always', `never'
or `auto'). By default `auto', which is determined from the locale).
OPAMUTF8MSGS use extended UTF8 characters (camels) in OPAM messages.
Implies OPAMUTF8. This is set by default on OSX only.
OPAMVAR_var overrides the contents of the variable var when
substituting `%{var}%` strings in `opam` files.
OPAMVAR_package_var overrides the contents of the variable package:var
when substituting `%{package:var}%` strings in `opam` files.
OPAMVERBOSE see option `--verbose'.
OPAMYES see option `--yes'.
FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
See https://opam.ocaml.org.
AUTHORS
Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@gazagnaire.org>
Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>
Fabrice Le Fessant <Fabrice.Le_fessant@inria.fr>
Frederic Tuong <tuong@users.gforge.inria.fr>
Louis Gesbert <louis.gesbert@ocamlpro.com>
Vincent Bernardoff <vb@luminar.eu.org>
Guillem Rieu <guillem.rieu@ocamlpro.com>
Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org>
BUGS
Check bug reports at https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues.
Opam 1.2.2 OPAM-INIT(1)