Avoid installing META files for labltk and camlp4: Those are provided by their respective packages now. Index: findlib-1.5.5/configure =================================================================== --- configure.orig +++ configure @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ # Generate the META files now. -l="$ldbm dynlink graphics $lnum str threads unix stdlib bigarray ocamldoc $llabltk $lcamlp4 $lobuild $lcomplibs $lbytes $lspacetime" +l="$ldbm dynlink graphics $lnum str threads unix stdlib bigarray ocamldoc $llabltk $lobuild $lcomplibs $lbytes $lspacetime" for dir in site-lib-src/*; do # We do not really know if $dir is a directory.