GODI is a system that simplifies this task: It is a framework that
automatically builds the O'Caml core system, and additionally installs
a growing number of pre-packaged libraries. For a number of reasons
GODI is a source-code based system, and there are no precompiled
libraries, but it makes it very simple for everybody to compile them.

GODI is available for O'Caml-3.08 and 3.09. It runs on Linux, Solaris,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, Cygwin, HP-UX, MacOS X.

Advantages of using GODI:

• Automatic installation of new libraries: GODI knows where a library
  can be downloaded, which prerequisites are needed to build it, and which
  commands must be invoked to compile and install it
  



• Complete package management of the installation: A library is
  installed as a package (a managed set of files), so it is possible to
  remove it later without any hassle.



• GODI implements the necessary logic to upgrade installations: Because
  of the way O'Caml works, all dependent libraries must be recompiled if
  a library is upgraded to a newer version. GODI automates this process.



• Integration with the operating system: If additional C libraries
  are needed to build an O'Caml library, and the operating system includes
  them, they will usually be automatically found and used. Non-standard
  locations can be configured (there is only one configuration file for the
  whole installation).



• GODI has a menu-based user interface that makes it simple to use
  even for beginners.



• GODI tries to standardize the directory layout of library installations,
  so it becomes simpler to find files of interest.