# The sysutils/findlib port

## findlib-1.3.3p1 – OCaml package manager

## Description

    findlib provides a scheme to manage reusable Objective Caml software
    components in the form of libraries, and includes tools that support
    this scheme.

    A library installed as a findlib component is also called a package.
    The point is that the findlib scheme allows it to store metainformation
    about the library, especially how it can be used in programs. The
    packages are kept in the filesystem hierarchy, but the directory
    structure is defined by findlib, and there is no way to deviate
    from this standard. The library contains functions to look the
    directory up that stores a package, to query metainformation about
    a package, and to retrieve dependency information about multiple
    packages. There is also a tool that allows the user to enter queries
    on the command-line. In order to simplify compilation and linkage,
    there are new frontends of the various OCaml compilers that can
    directly deal with packages.

WWW: http://projects.camlcity.org/projects/findlib.html

Categories:
  lang/tcl sysutils x11/tk

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- devel/gmake
- lang/ocaml

## Run dependencies

- lang/ocaml