Windows下使用OPAM编译OCaml时出现'-lws2_32'文件找不到错误

我正按照官方教程在Windows上搭建OCaml环境，但编译过程失败，错误信息如下：

[ERROR] The compilation of ocaml-base-compiler.5.2.1 failed at "make -j7".

#=== ERROR while compiling ocaml-base-compiler.5.2.1 ==========================#
# context     2.3.0 | win32/x86_64 |  | https://opam.ocaml.org#9f34991c038ca38ca54a43232b9cae1c14a3f1e3
# path        ~\AppData\Local\opam\default\.opam-switch\build\ocaml-base-compiler.5.2.1
# command     ~\AppData\Local\opam\.cygwin\root\bin\make.exe -j7
# exit-code   2
# env-file    ~\AppData\Local\Temp\opam-axele-22540\ocaml-base-compiler-22540-ab1bc1.env
# output-file ~\AppData\Local\Temp\opam-axele-22540\ocaml-base-compiler-22540-ab1bc1.out
### output ###
# cp flexdll-sources/flexdll_mingw64.o flexdll-sources/flexdll_initer_mingw64.o byte/bin
# [...]
# ** Fatal error: Cannot find file "-lws2_32"
# make[2]: *** [Makefile:1309: runtime/ocamlrun.exe] Error 2
# make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
# ** Fatal error: Cannot find file "-lws2_32"
# make[2]: *** [Makefile:1321: runtime/ocamlrund.exe] Error 2
# ** Fatal error: Cannot find file "-lws2_32"
# make[2]: *** [Makefile:1327: runtime/ocamlruni.exe] Error 2
# make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/axele/AppData/Local/opam/default/.opam-switch/build/ocaml-base-compiler.5.2.1'
# make[1]: *** [Makefile:750: opt.opt] Error 2
# make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/axele/AppData/Local/opam/default/.opam-switch/build/ocaml-base-compiler.5.2.1'
# make: *** [Makefile:831: world.opt] Error 2

我尝试过以下操作，但问题未解决：

• 安装更早版本：opam switch create ocaml-base-compiler 5.2.0，仍出现相同错误
• 删除~\AppData\Local下的opam文件夹，重新执行opam init -y

已作为答案发布

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者overflowed-axel