1OPAM-UNPIN(1) Opam Manual OPAM-UNPIN(1)
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6 opam-unpin - An alias for pin remove.
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9 opam unpin [OPTION]... [ARG]...
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12 opam unpin is an alias for opam pin remove.
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14 See opam pin --help for details.
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17 --assume-depexts
18 Skip the installation step for any missing system packages, and
19 attempt to proceed with compilation of the opam packages anyway. If
20 the installation is successful, opam won't prompt again about these
21 system packages. Only meaningful if external dependency handling is
22 enabled.
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24 -b, --keep-build-dir
25 Keep the build directories after compiling packages. This is
26 equivalent to setting $OPAMKEEPBUILDDIR to "true".
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28 --build-doc
29 Removed in 2.1, use --with-doc instead.
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31 --build-test
32 Removed in 2.1, use --with-test instead.
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34 -d, --with-doc
35 Build the package documentation. This only affects packages listed
36 on the command-line. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMWITHDOC (or
37 the deprecated $OPAMBUILDDOC) to "true".
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39 --dry-run
40 Simulate the command, but don't actually perform any changes. This
41 also can be set with environment variable $OPAMDEBUG.
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43 --fake
44 This option registers the actions into the opam database, without
45 actually performing them. WARNING: This option is dangerous and
46 likely to break your opam environment. You probably want --dry-run.
47 You've been warned.
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49 --ignore-constraints-on[=PACKAGES] (default=)
50 Forces opam to ignore version constraints on all dependencies to
51 the listed packages. This can be used to test compatibility, but
52 expect builds to break when using this. Note that version
53 constraints on optional dependencies and conflicts are unaffected.
54 This is equivalent to setting $OPAMIGNORECONSTRAINTS.
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56 --inplace-build
57 When compiling a package which has its source bound to a local
58 directory, process the build and install actions directly in that
59 directory, rather than in a clean copy handled by opam. This only
60 affects packages that are explicitly listed on the command-line.
61 This is equivalent to setting $OPAMINPLACEBUILD to "true".
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63 --lock-suffix=SUFFIX (absent=locked)
64 Set locked files suffix to SUFFIX.
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66 --locked
67 In commands that use opam files found from pinned sources, if a
68 variant of the file with an added .locked extension is found (e.g.
69 foo.opam.locked besides foo.opam), that will be used instead. This
70 is typically useful to offer a more specific set of dependencies
71 and reproduce similar build contexts, hence the name. The
72 lockoption can be used to generate such files, based on the
73 versions of the dependencies currently installed on the host. This
74 is equivalent to setting the $OPAMLOCKED environment variable. Note
75 that this option doesn't generally affect already pinned packages.
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77 -m MAKE, --make=MAKE
78 Removed in 2.1, use opam config set[-global] make MAKE instead.
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80 --no-checksums
81 Do not verify the checksum of downloaded archives.This is
82 equivalent to setting $OPAMNOCHECKSUMS to "true".
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84 --no-depexts
85 Temporarily disables handling of external dependencies. This can be
86 used if a package is not available on your system package manager,
87 but you installed the required dependency by hand. Implies
88 --assume-depexts, and stores the exceptions upon success as well.
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90 --require-checksums
91 Reject the installation of packages that don't provide a checksum
92 for the upstream archives. This is equivalent to setting
93 $OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS to "true".
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95 --reuse-build-dir
96 Reuse existing build directories (kept by using --keep-build-dir),
97 instead of compiling from a fresh clone of the source. This can be
98 faster, but also lead to failures if the build systems of the
99 packages don't handle upgrades of dependencies well. This is
100 equivalent to setting $OPAMREUSEBUILDDIR to "true".
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102 --show-actions
103 Call the solver and display the actions. Don't perform any changes.
104 This is equivalent to setting $OPAMSHOW.
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106 --skip-updates
107 When running an install, upgrade or reinstall on source-pinned
108 packages, they are normally updated from their origin first. This
109 flag disables that behaviour and will keep them to their version in
110 cache. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMSKIPUPDATE.
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112 -t, --with-test
113 Build and run the package unit-tests. This only affects packages
114 listed on the command-line. This is equivalent to setting
115 $OPAMWITHTEST (or the deprecated $OPAMBUILDTEST) to "true".
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117 --unlock-base
118 Removed in 2.1, use --update-invariant instead.
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120 --update-invariant
121 Allow changes to the packages set as switch base (typically, the
122 main compiler). Use with caution. This is equivalent to setting the
123 $OPAMUNLOCKBASE environment variable
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126 --dev-repo
127 Pin to the upstream package source for the latest development
128 version
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130 -e, --edit
131 With opam pin add, edit the opam file as with `opam pin edit' after
132 pinning.
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134 -j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS
135 Set the maximal number of concurrent jobs to use. The default value
136 is calculated from the number of cores. You can also set it using
137 the $OPAMJOBS environment variable.
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139 -k KIND, --kind=KIND
140 Sets the kind of pinning. Must be one of one of `version', `path',
141 `http', `git', `darcs', `hg', `none' or `auto'. If unset or auto,
142 is inferred from the format of the target, defaulting to the
143 appropriate version control if one is detected in the given
144 directory, or to path otherwise. OPAMPINKINDAUTO can be set to "0"
145 to disable automatic detection of version control.Use none to pin
146 without a target (for virtual packages).
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148 -n, --no-action
149 Just record the new pinning status, and don't prompt for
150 (re)installation or removal of affected packages.
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152 --no
153 Answer no to all opam yes/no questions without prompting. See also
154 --confirm-level. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMNO to "true".
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156 --normalise
157 Print list of available package to pin in format
158 `name.version^url`, that is comprehensible by `opam pin add`.
159 Available only with the scan subcommand. An example of use is `opam
160 pin scan . --normalise | grep foo | xargs opam pin add`
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162 -s, --short
163 Output raw lists of names, one per line, skipping any details.
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165 --with-version=VERSION
166 Set the pinning version to VERSION for named PACKAGES or packages
167 retrieved from TARGET. It has priority over any other version
168 specification (opam file version field, name.vers argument)). When
169 pinning to a version, the package source from that version is used,
170 but declared as being VERSION to opam. Using --with-version is
171 equivalent to using --edit and adjusting the version in the package
172 definition file.
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174 -y, --yes
175 Answer yes to all opam yes/no questions without prompting. See also
176 --confirm-level. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMYES to "true".
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179 These options are common to all commands.
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181 --best-effort
182 Don't fail if all requested packages can't be installed: try to
183 install as many as possible. Note that not all external solvers may
184 support this option (recent versions of aspcud or mccs should).
185 This is equivalent to setting $OPAMBESTEFFORT environment variable.
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187 --cli=MAJOR.MINOR (absent=2.1)
188 Use the command-line interface syntax and semantics of MAJOR.MINOR.
189 Intended for any persistent use of opam (scripts, blog posts,
190 etc.), any version of opam in the same MAJOR series will behave as
191 for the specified MINOR release. The flag was not available in opam
192 2.0, so to select the 2.0 CLI, set the OPAMCLI environment variable
193 to 2.0 instead of using this parameter.
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195 --color=WHEN
196 Colorize the output. WHEN must be one of `always', `never' or
197 `auto'.
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199 --confirm-level=LEVEL
200 Confirmation level, LEVEL must be one of `ask', `no', `yes' or
201 `unsafe-yes'. Can be specified more than once. If --yes or --no are
202 also given, the value of the last --confirm-level is taken into
203 account. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMCONFIRMLEVEL`.
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205 --criteria=CRITERIA
206 Specify user preferences for dependency solving for this run.
207 Overrides both $OPAMCRITERIA and $OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA. For details
208 on the supported language, and the external solvers available, see
209 http://opam.ocaml.org/doc/External_solvers.html. A general guide to
210 using solver preferences can be found at
211 http://www.dicosmo.org/Articles/usercriteria.pdf.
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213 --cudf=FILENAME
214 Debug option: Save the CUDF requests sent to the solver to
215 FILENAME-<n>.cudf.
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217 --debug
218 Print debug message to stderr. This is equivalent to setting
219 $OPAMDEBUG to "true".
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221 --debug-level=LEVEL
222 Like --debug, but allows specifying the debug level (--debug sets
223 it to 1). Equivalent to setting $OPAMDEBUG to a positive integer.
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225 --git-version
226 Print the git version of opam, if set (i.e. you are using a
227 development version), and exit.
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229 --help[=FMT] (default=auto)
230 Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of `auto',
231 `pager', `groff' or `plain'. With `auto', the format is `pager` or
232 `plain' whenever the TERM env var is `dumb' or undefined.
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234 --ignore-pin-depends
235 Ignore extra pins required by packages that get pinned, either
236 manually through opam pin or through opam install DIR. This is
237 equivalent to setting IGNOREPINDEPENDS=true.
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239 --json=FILENAME
240 Save the results of the opam run in a computer-readable file. If
241 the filename contains the character `%', it will be replaced by an
242 index that doesn't overwrite an existing file. Similar to setting
243 the $OPAMJSON variable.
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245 --no-aspcud
246 Removed in 2.1.
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248 --no-auto-upgrade
249 When configuring or updating a repository that is written for an
250 earlier opam version (1.2), opam internally converts it to the
251 current format. This disables this behaviour. Note that
252 repositories should define their format version in a 'repo' file at
253 their root, or they will be assumed to be in the older format. It
254 is, in any case, preferable to upgrade the repositories manually
255 using opam admin upgrade [--mirror URL] when possible.
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257 --no-self-upgrade
258 Opam will replace itself with a newer binary found at OPAMROOT/opam
259 if present. This disables this behaviour.
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261 -q, --quiet
262 Disables --verbose.
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264 --root=ROOT
265 Use ROOT as the current root path. This is equivalent to setting
266 $OPAMROOT to ROOT.
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268 --safe, --readonly
269 Make sure nothing will be automatically updated or rewritten.
270 Useful for calling from completion scripts, for example. Will fail
271 whenever such an operation is needed ; also avoids waiting for
272 locks, skips interactive questions and overrides the $OPAMDEBUG
273 variable. This is equivalent to set environment variable $OPAMSAFE.
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275 --solver=CMD
276 Specify the CUDF solver to use for resolving package installation
277 problems. This is either a predefined solver (this version of opam
278 supports builtin-mccs+lp(), builtin-mccs+glpk,
279 builtin-dummy-z3-solver, builtin-dummy-0install-solver, aspcud,
280 mccs, aspcud-old, packup), or a custom command that should contain
281 the variables %{input}%, %{output}%, %{criteria}%, and optionally
282 %{timeout}%. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMEXTERNALSOLVER.
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284 --strict
285 Fail whenever an error is found in a package definition or a
286 configuration file. The default is to continue silently if
287 possible.
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289 --switch=SWITCH
290 Use SWITCH as the current compiler switch. This is equivalent to
291 setting $OPAMSWITCH to SWITCH.
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293 --use-internal-solver
294 Disable any external solver, and use the built-in one (this
295 requires that opam has been compiled with a built-in solver). This
296 is equivalent to setting $OPAMNOASPCUD or $OPAMUSEINTERNALSOLVER.
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298 -v, --verbose
299 Be more verbose. One -v shows all package commands, repeat to also
300 display commands called internally (e.g. tar, curl, patch etc.)
301 Repeating n times is equivalent to setting $OPAMVERBOSE to "n".
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303 --version
304 Show version information.
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306 -w, --working-dir
307 Whenever updating packages that are bound to a local,
308 version-controlled directory, update to the current working state
309 of their source instead of the last committed state, or the ref
310 they are pointing to. As source directory is copied as it is, if it
311 isn't clean it may result on a opam build failure.This only affects
312 packages explicitly listed on the command-line.It can also be set
313 with $OPAMWORKINGDIR.
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316 Opam makes use of the environment variables listed here. Boolean
317 variables should be set to "0", "no", "false" or the empty string to
318 disable, "1", "yes" or "true" to enable.
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320 OPAMALLPARENS surround all filters with parenthesis.
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322 OPAMASSUMEDEPEXTS see option `--assume-depexts'.
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324 OPAMAUTOREMOVE see remove option `--auto-remove'.
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326 OPAMBESTEFFORT see option `--best-effort'.
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328 OPAMBESTEFFORTPREFIXCRITERIA sets the string that must be prepended to
329 the criteria when the `--best-effort' option is set, and is expected to
330 maximise the `opam-query' property in the solution.
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332 OPAMBUILDDOC Removed in 2.1.
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334 OPAMBUILDTEST Removed in 2.1.
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336 OPAMCLI see option `--cli'.
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338 OPAMCOLOR when set to always or never, sets a default value for the
339 `--color' option.
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341 OPAMCONFIRMLEVEL see option `--confirm-level`. OPAMCONFIRMLEVEL has
342 priority over OPAMYES and OPAMNO.
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344 OPAMCRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving. The
345 default value depends on the solver version, use `config report' to
346 know the current setting. See also option --criteria.
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348 OPAMCUDFFILE save the cudf graph to file-actions-explicit.dot.
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350 OPAMCUDFTRIM controls the filtering of unrelated packages during CUDF
351 preprocessing.
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353 OPAMCURL can be used to select a given 'curl' program. See OPAMFETCH
354 for more options.
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356 OPAMDEBUG see options `--debug' and `--debug-level'.
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358 OPAMDEBUGSECTIONS if set, limits debug messages to the space-separated
359 list of sections. Sections can optionally have a specific debug level
360 (for example, CLIENT:2 or CLIENT CUDF:2), but otherwise use
361 `--debug-level'.
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363 OPAMDIGDEPTH defines how aggressive the lookup for conflicts during
364 CUDF preprocessing is.
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366 OPAMDOWNLOADJOBS sets the maximum number of simultaneous downloads.
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368 OPAMDROPWORKINGDIR overrides packages previously updated with
369 --working-dir on update. Without this variable set, opam would keep
370 them unchanged unless explicitly named on the command-line.
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372 OPAMDRYRUN see option `--dry-run'.
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374 OPAMEDITOR sets the editor to use for opam file editing, overrides
375 $EDITOR and $VISUAL.
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377 OPAMERRLOGLEN sets the number of log lines printed when a sub-process
378 fails. 0 to print all.
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380 OPAMEXTERNALSOLVER see option `--solver'.
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382 OPAMFAKE see option `--fake'.
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384 OPAMFETCH specifies how to download files: either `wget', `curl' or a
385 custom command where variables %{url}%, %{out}%, %{retry}%,
386 %{compress}% and %{checksum}% will be replaced. Overrides the
387 'download-command' value from the main config file.
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389 OPAMFIXUPCRITERIA same as OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA, but specific to fixup.
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391 OPAMIGNORECONSTRAINTS see install option `--ignore-constraints-on'.
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393 OPAMIGNOREPINDEPENDS see option `--ignore-pin-depends'.
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395 OPAMINPLACEBUILD see option `--inplace-build'.
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397 OPAMJOBS sets the maximum number of parallel workers to run.
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399 OPAMJSON log json output to the given file (use character `%' to index
400 the files).
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402 OPAMKEEPBUILDDIR see install option `--keep-build-dir'.
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404 OPAMKEEPLOGS tells opam to not remove some temporary command logs and
405 some backups. This skips some finalisers and may also help to get more
406 reliable backtraces.
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408 OPAMLOCKED combination of `--locked' and `--lock-suffix' options.
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410 OPAMLOGS logdir sets log directory, default is a temporary directory in
411 /tmp
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413 OPAMMAKECMD set the system make command to use.
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415 OPAMMERGEOUT merge process outputs, stderr on stdout.
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417 OPAMNO answer no to any question asked, see options `--no` and
418 `--confirm-level`. OPAMNO is ignored if either OPAMCONFIRMLEVEL or
419 OPAMYES is set.
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421 OPAMNOAGGREGATE with `opam admin check', don't aggregate packages.
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423 OPAMNOASPCUD Deprecated.
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425 OPAMNOAUTOUPGRADE disables automatic internal upgrade of repositories
426 in an earlier format to the current one, on 'update' or 'init'.
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428 OPAMNOCHECKSUMS enables option --no-checksums when available.
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430 OPAMNODEPEXTS disables system dependencies handling, see option
431 `--no-depexts'.
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433 OPAMNOENVNOTICE Internal.
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435 OPAMNOSELFUPGRADE see option `--no-self-upgrade'
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437 OPAMPINKINDAUTO sets whether version control systems should be detected
438 when pinning to a local path. Enabled by default since 1.3.0.
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440 OPAMPRECISETRACKING fine grain tracking of directories.
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442 OPAMPREPRO set this to false to disable CUDF preprocessing. Less
443 efficient, but might help debugging solver issue.
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445 OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS Enables option `--require-checksums' when
446 available (e.g. for `opam install').
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448 OPAMRETRIES sets the number of tries before failing downloads.
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450 OPAMREUSEBUILDDIR see option `--reuse-build-dir'.
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452 OPAMROOT see option `--root'. This is automatically set by `opam env
453 --root=DIR --set-root'.
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455 OPAMROOTISOK don't complain when running as root.
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457 OPAMSAFE see option `--safe'.
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459 OPAMSHOW see option `--show'.
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461 OPAMSKIPUPDATE see option `--skip-updates'.
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463 OPAMSKIPVERSIONCHECKS bypasses some version checks. Unsafe, for
464 compatibility testing only.
465
466 OPAMSOLVERALLOWSUBOPTIMAL (default `true') allows some solvers to still
467 return a solution when they reach timeout; while the solution remains
468 assured to be consistent, there is no guarantee in this case that it
469 fits the expected optimisation criteria. If `true', opam willcontinue
470 with a warning, if `false' a timeout is an error. Currently only the
471 builtin-z3 backend handles this degraded case.
472
473 OPAMSOLVERTIMEOUT change the time allowance of the solver. Default is
474 60.0, set to 0 for unlimited. Note that all solvers may not support
475 this option.
476
477 OPAMSTATS display stats at the end of command.
478
479 OPAMSTATUSLINE display a dynamic status line showing what's currently
480 going on on the terminal. (one of one of `always', `never' or `auto')
481
482 OPAMSTRICT fail on inconsistencies (file reading, switch import, etc.).
483
484 OPAMSWITCH see option `--switch'. Automatically set by `opam env
485 --switch=SWITCH --set-switch'.
486
487 OPAMUNLOCKBASE see install option `--unlock-base'.
488
489 OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving
490 when performing an upgrade. Overrides OPAMCRITERIA in upgrades if both
491 are set. See also option --criteria.
492
493 OPAMUSEINTERNALSOLVER see option `--use-internal-solver'.
494
495 OPAMUSEOPENSSL force openssl use for hash computing.
496
497 OPAMUTF8 use UTF8 characters in output (one of one of `always', `never'
498 or `auto'). By default `auto', which is determined from the locale).
499
500 OPAMUTF8MSGS use extended UTF8 characters (camels) in opam messages.
501 Implies OPAMUTF8. This is set by default on OSX only.
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503 OPAMVALIDATIONHOOK if set, uses the `%{hook%}' command to validate an
504 opam repository update.
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506 OPAMVERBOSE see option `--verbose'.
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508 OPAMVERSIONLAGPOWER do not use.
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510 OPAMWITHDOC see install option `--with-doc'.
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512 OPAMWITHTEST see install option `--with-test.
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514 OPAMWORKINGDIR see option `--working-dir'.
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516 OPAMYES see options `--yes' and `--confirm-level`. OPAMYES has has
517 priority over OPAMNO and is ignored if OPAMCONFIRMLEVEL is set.
518
519 OPAMVAR_var overrides the contents of the variable var when
520 substituting `%{var}%` strings in `opam` files.
521
522 OPAMVAR_package_var overrides the contents of the variable package:var
523 when substituting `%{package:var}%` strings in `opam` files.
524
526 All scripts and programmatic invocations of opam should use `--cli' in
527 order to ensure that they work seamlessly with future versions of the
528 opam client. Additionally, blog posts or other documentation can
529 benefit, as it prevents information from becoming stale.
530
531 Although opam only supports roots (~/.opam/) for the current version,
532 it does provide backwards compatibility for its command-line interface.
533
534 Since CLI version support was only added in opam 2.1, use OPAMCLI to
535 select 2.0 support (as opam 2.0 will just ignore it), and `--cli=2.1'
536 for 2.1 (or later) versions, since an environment variable controlling
537 the parsing of syntax is brittle. To this end, opam displays a warning
538 if OPAMCLI specifies a valid version other than 2.0, and also if
539 `--cli=2.0' is specified.
540
541 The command-line version is selected by using the `--cli' option or the
542 OPAMCLI environment variable. `--cli' may be specified morethan once,
543 where the last instance takes precedence. OPAMCLI is only inspected if
544 `--cli' is not given.
545
547 As an exception to the following, the `exec' command returns 127 if the
548 command was not found or couldn't be executed, and the command's exit
549 value otherwise.
550
551 0 Success, or true for boolean queries.
552
553 1 False. Returned when a boolean return value is expected, e.g. when
554 running with --check, or for queries like opam lint.
555
556 2 Bad command-line arguments, or command-line arguments pointing to
557 an invalid context (e.g. file not following the expected format).
558
559 5 Not found. You requested something (package, version, repository,
560 etc.) that couldn't be found.
561
562 10 Aborted. The operation required confirmation, which wasn't given.
563
564 15 Could not acquire the locks required for the operation.
565
566 20 There is no solution to the user request. This can be caused by
567 asking to install two incompatible packages, for example.
568
569 30 Error in package definition, or other metadata files. Using
570 --strict raises this error more often.
571
572 31 Package script error. Some package operations were unsuccessful.
573 This may be an error in the packages or an incompatibility with
574 your system. This can be a partial error.
575
576 40 Sync error. Could not fetch some remotes from the network. This can
577 be a partial error.
578
579 50 Configuration error. Opam or system configuration doesn't allow
580 operation, and needs fixing.
581
582 60 Solver failure. The solver failed to return a sound answer. It can
583 be due to a broken external solver, or an error in solver
584 configuration.
585
586 99 Internal error. Something went wrong, likely due to a bug in opam
587 itself.
588
589 130 User interrupt. SIGINT was received, generally due to the user
590 pressing Ctrl-C.
591
593 See https://opam.ocaml.org/doc.
594
596 Vincent Bernardoff <vb@luminar.eu.org>
597 Raja Boujbel <raja.boujbel@ocamlpro.com>
598 Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org>
599 Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@gazagnaire.org>
600 Louis Gesbert <louis.gesbert@ocamlpro.com>
601 Fabrice Le Fessant <Fabrice.Le_fessant@inria.fr>
602 Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>
603 Guillem Rieu <guillem.rieu@ocamlpro.com>
604 Ralf Treinen <ralf.treinen@pps.jussieu.fr>
605 Frederic Tuong <tuong@users.gforge.inria.fr>
606
608 Check bug reports at https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues.
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612Opam 2.1.1 OPAM-UNPIN(1)