I'm using OS X 10.8.2 with Haskell Platform 2012.4.0.0. When updating packages with cabal install, the binary symlinks don't get updated to point to the new binary versions. I must delete the symli...

I've been working on a Haskell library package which requires a custom .dll and .lib on Windows to talk to some OS APIs. The .lib is linked into the library with the extra-libraries field and the D...

I've been trying to use cabal-install as a way to build and, more importantly, test my haskell projects, a bit alike to the way Maven is used in Java projects, mainly because it seems to be a good ...

After clearing out all of my cabal installed packages, I ran this following session: $ cabal update Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org james@bast:~/.cabal/packages$ cabal...

I've trying to do cabal install hoogle but there is a hickup with the haskell-src-exts-1.13.5 dependency: Configuring haskell-src-exts-1.13.5... setup: The program happy version >=1.17 is requi...

I've implemented a custom preprocessor which creates *.hs files form *.tpl files. It is specified in Setup.hs by using a Build-Type: Custom. Everything works fine, but I can't create tar.gz package...

I'm trying to install Cabal-dev on windows 7. I've managed to get past the problem with not being able to build network by using this: cabal install --constraint="network installed" cabal-dev ...

(Before I start: I'm going to use Cabal for Everything that has Cabal in its name and has something to do with Haskell.) Having had the usual "you need to update X to install Y, but this wil...

After making cabal install of the darcsden code I get this message: cabal: The following packages are likely to be broken by the reinstalls: bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 ghc-7.4.1 Use --force-reinstalls...

I'm trying to get Cabal to install the haskell-src-meta package, and I'm having difficulty with the template-haskell dependency. The dependencies for haskell-src-meta include both template-haskell...

I'm trying to install hspec, but I'm getting this: $ cabal install hspec Resolving dependencies... cabal: dependencies conflict: ghc-7.2.2 requires containers ==0.4.2.0 however containers-0.4.2....

I'm trying to set up Haskell from scratch, on Ubuntu 11.04, without using the outdated Debian repository or Haskell-Platform. I've installed GHC-7.0.4 from source with no problem, and now need to ...

So, this is a bit of a personal problem, but maybe people will have good advice or workarounds. The problem is about installing cabal-install and haskell-platform under Debian. When you apt-get i...

I'm trying out cabal-dev for a project I'm working on; the project is a library, and cabal-dev does a great job of building a sandboxed version of it - but I'm having trouble with part of my workfl...

I am trying to cabal install yesod on my Windows machine. I have a relatively fresh install of the Haskell Platform. The cabal install failed, reporting that I need the sqlite3 C library in order t...

The ~/.cabal/config stores configuration which cabal-install uses. I wanted to do some hackery on it. (Specifically, having multiple GHC versions installed, I wish to have separate documentation in...

I'm completely new to xmonad but I'd like to start using it to boost my productivity. This is the guide I've been using (I'm using Apple OS X Snow Leopard) http://xmonad.org/tour.html#start So fa...

I've been provided with a Setup.hs file, along with another .hs file that contains the source code. Whenever I try to configure the install by the following: runhaskell Setup.hs configure I g...

With a clean install of the "Haskell Platform". (OS X Snow-Leopard & Platform 2010.1.0.1), doing this causes simple sequence causes very weird cabal install behaviour: $ cabal install time $ ...