Avoid installing META files for camlp4, labltk, and num. Those are provided by their respective packages now. Index: findlib-1.8.0/configure =================================================================== --- configure.orig 2018-10-10 13:17:35.000000000 -0400 +++ configure 2018-10-10 13:17:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ # Generate the META files now. -l="$ldbm dynlink $lgraphics $lnum str threads unix stdlib bigarray ocamldoc $llabltk $lcamlp4 $lobuild $lcomplibs $lbytes $lspacetime" +l="$ldbm dynlink $lgraphics str threads unix stdlib bigarray ocamldoc $lobuild $lcomplibs $lbytes $lspacetime" for dir in site-lib-src/*; do # We do not really know if $dir is a directory.