Example Makefile for a small OCaml module

bindigo_makefile

# Note: I've used a consistent naming schem for the files in this project
# (ie, bindigo.mli bindigo.ml bindigo_tests.ml).
# This allows easy construction of various make targets working working with the files.

DELIM = ----------------------------
LIB_NAME = bindigo

# Install this package so that is accessible in other projects on this sytem
install: clean uninstall $(LIB_NAME).byte $(LIB_NAME).native
	@echo $(DELIM) Installing...
	@ocamlfind install $(LIB_NAME) META *.mli _build/*.cmi _build/*.cmo _build/*.cmx _build/*.o
	@echo $(DELIM) installed...

# Uninstall this package so that ocamlfind cannot access it
uninstall:
	@echo $(DELIM) Uninstalling...
	@ocamlfind remove $(LIB_NAME)

# Build an optimized native version of this library
$(LIB_NAME).native:
	@echo $(DELIM) Building $(LIB_NAME) native library...
	@ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind $(LIB_NAME).native

# Build a bytecode version of this library
$(LIB_NAME).byte:
	@echo $(DELIM) Building $(LIB_NAME) byte library...
	@ocamlbuild -use-ocamlfind $(LIB_NAME).byte

# Run the tests for this library
tests:
	@echo $(DELIM) Testing...
	@ocamlbuild -cflags "-w A" -use-ocamlfind $(LIB_NAME)_tests.native
	@./$(LIB_NAME)_tests.native

# Remove all build files associated for this library
clean:
	@echo $(DELIM) Cleaning up... $(DELIM)
	@ocamlbuild -clean
	@rm -f *.native *.byte