Hi Fernando,
Yes, the stand alone distribution should be what you need. We have been
using it to build the windows version of liquidsoap which can be downloaded
and used right away.
You should be able to do the same in linux but I think in this case you
might have some real issues with the dynamic libraries required for
liquidsoap. In windows, you can just copy them at the root of the directory
where the binary is but in linux I believe that will be much more tricky.
Your other alternative is to build a static binary for liquidsoap. However,
OCaml doesn't make it very easy in this case. You might want to play with
the 4.02.3+musl+static switch of opam. I know that I've managed to build
static binaries for a smaller project in the past.
Finally, you could also consider giving installation direction using opam.
If the base system is Debian or Ubuntu, this could be made quite straight
forward, install opam, install opam depext, install dependencies, install
liquidsoap. We even have a liquidsoap-daemon now that will setup a
daemonized liquidsoap from opam.
Hope this helps,
Romain
2016-05-24 9:47 GMT-05:00 Fernando Carmona <[email protected]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently developing a webradio software using Django and Liquidsoap
> as my final degree project. For development, I've been using the opam
> version (1.2.0), but at the moment the binary location is hardcoded, and I
> don't think that's a valid option.
>
> I want it to be deployable with the least effort possible (think of a
> person with little knowledge trying to install it), so I've been looking
> for other options. That's when I came across the custom path build section
> of the docs, and I think it's pretty much what I need.
>
> My question is: is it possible to build a custom binary that can be
> distributed with my software to work as is? Is there any extra steps to
> achieve this, or are the build steps (with custom path settings) enough? I
> wouldn't mind to control a couple of dependencies if required, provided
> there's a simple way to install them.
>
> Another option would be making an installation guide with step-to-step
> instructions, using the opam version, but since that proved tricky when I
> installed it, I feel like it's not the best one.
>
> Any idea is welcome. Thanks in advance!
>
>
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