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Dune documentation
Dune documentation
  • Getting Started and Core Concepts
    • Overview
    • Quickstart
    • Command-Line Interface
  • Tutorials
    • Developing with Dune
      • Introduction
      • Improving Structure
      • The Development Cycle
      • Interfacing with C
      • Using a PPX Preprocessor
      • Unit Tests
      • Conclusion
    • OCaml Package Management With Dune
      • Setting Up Package Management With Dune
      • Managing Dependencies
      • Pinning Projects
      • Custom Repositories
  • How-to Guides
    • How to Install Dune
    • How to Set up Automatic Formatting
    • How to Generate Opam Files from dune-project
    • Cross-Compilation
    • Dealing with Foreign Libraries
    • Generating Documentation
    • How to Load Additional Files at Runtime
    • Instrumentation
    • JavaScript Compilation With Js_of_ocaml
    • Wasm Compilation With Wasm_of_ocaml
    • JavaScript Compilation With Melange
    • Virtual Libraries
    • Writing and Running Tests
    • How to Bundle Resources
    • How to Load a Project in a Toplevel
    • Using Rule Generation
    • How to Override the Default C Entrypoint With C Stubs
  • Reference Manual
    • dune
      • executable
      • executables
      • library
      • foreign_library
      • deprecated_library_name
      • generate_sites_module
      • test
      • tests
      • Cram
      • toplevel
      • documentation
      • install
      • plugin
      • rule
      • alias
      • copy_files
      • include
      • dynamic_include
      • env
      • dirs
      • data_only_dirs
      • ignored_subdirs
      • include_subdirs
      • vendored_dirs
      • subdir
      • cinaps
      • coq.theory
      • mdx
      • menhir
      • ocamllex
      • ocamlyacc
      • jbuild_version
    • dune-project
      • accept_alternative_dune_file_name
      • cram
      • dialect
      • Default dialects
      • executables_implicit_empty_intf
      • expand_aliases_in_sandbox
      • explicit_js_mode
      • formatting
      • generate_opam_files
      • implicit_transitive_deps
      • map_workspace_root
      • name
      • opam_file_location
      • package
      • pin
      • subst
      • use_standard_c_and_cxx_flags
      • using
      • version
      • warnings
      • wrapped_executables
    • dune-workspace
      • config stanzas
      • context
      • env
      • lock_dir
      • pin
      • profile
      • repository
    • config
      • action_stdout_on_success
      • action_stderr_on_success
      • cache
      • cache-check-probability
      • cache-storage-mode
      • display
      • jobs
      • project_defaults
      • sandboxing_preference
      • terminal-persistence
    • Lexical Conventions
    • Actions
      • run
      • system
      • bash
      • dynamic-run
      • chdir
      • setenv
      • with-accepted-exit-codes
      • echo
      • with-<outputs>-to
      • with-stdin-from
      • ignore-<outputs>
      • cat
      • copy
      • copy#
      • write-file
      • pipe-<outputs>
      • cat
      • diff
      • diff?
      • cmp
      • progn
      • concurrent
      • no-infer
    • Ordered Set Language
    • Boolean Language
    • Predicate Language
    • Library Dependencies
    • Preprocessing Specification
    • Cram Tests
    • Scopes
    • Variables
    • Dependency Specification
    • OCaml Flags
    • Sandboxing
    • Locks
    • Diffing and Promotion
    • Package Specification
    • Aliases
      • @all
      • @default
      • @install
      • @pkg-install
      • @check
      • @ocaml-index
      • @runtest
      • @fmt
      • @lint
      • @doc
      • @doc-private
      • @doc-json
    • Foreign Stubs
    • Foreign Archives
    • Extra Objects
    • Flags in Foreign Code
    • Command Line Interface
    • Dune Libraries
    • Dune Cache
    • Coq
    • Dune RPC
    • Packages
    • Findlib Integration
  • Explanation
    • How Preprocessing Works
    • The OCaml Ecosystem
    • How Package Management Works
    • How Dune integrates with opam
    • How Dune Uses Dune to Build Dune
    • The Dune Mental Model
    • A Tour of the Dune Codebase
      • Command-Line Interface
      • Parsing of Dune Files
      • Rule Generation
      • The Engine
      • Libraries
      • Vendored Libraries
      • Tests
  • Advanced Topics
    • Dynamic Loading of Packages with Findlib
    • Profiling Dune
    • Package Version
    • OCaml Syntax
    • Variables for Artifacts
    • Building an Ad Hoc .cmxs
  • Miscellaneous
    • FAQ
    • Goal of Dune
    • Working on the Dune Codebase
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Explanation¶

These documents explain how certain feature works, or how Dune integrates with the rest of the OCaml ecosystem.

  • How Preprocessing Works
  • The OCaml Ecosystem
  • How Package Management Works
  • How Dune integrates with opam
  • How Dune Uses Dune to Build Dune
  • The Dune Mental Model
  • A Tour of the Dune Codebase
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