OpamAction

# Module OpamAction

    module OpamAction: sig .. end

OPAM actions

    val download_package : OpamState.Types.t ->
           OpamTypes.package ->
           [ `Error of unit | `Successful of OpamTypes.generic_file option ]
           OpamProcess.job

Downloads the source for a package to the local cache. Returns the file or dir downloaded, or None if the download failed.

    val extract_package : OpamState.Types.t ->
           OpamTypes.generic_file option -> OpamTypes.package -> unit

Extracts and patches the source of a package

    val build_and_install_package : OpamState.Types.t ->
           metadata:bool ->
           OpamTypes.generic_file option ->
           OpamTypes.package -> exn option OpamProcess.job

Build and install a package from its downloaded source. Returns `None` on success, `Some exn` on error.

    val removal_needs_download : OpamState.Types.t -> OpamTypes.package -> bool

Find out if the package source is needed for uninstall

    val remove_package : OpamState.Types.t ->
           metadata:bool ->
           ?keep_build:bool -> ?silent:bool -> OpamTypes.package -> unit OpamProcess.job

Remove a package.

    val cleanup_package_artefacts : OpamState.Types.t -> OpamTypes.package -> unit

Removes auxiliary files related to a package, after checking that they're not needed (even in other switches)

    val sources_needed : OpamState.Types.t -> OpamSolver.ActionGraph.t -> OpamTypes.package_set

Compute the set of packages which will need to be downloaded to apply a solution

    val update_metadata : OpamState.Types.t ->
           installed:OpamTypes.package_set ->
           installed_roots:OpamTypes.package_set ->
           reinstall:OpamTypes.package_set -> OpamState.Types.t

Update package metadata