rustom <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > However I do have an issue regarding debian packaging. > > At first I installed ghc > This brought in > > ghc6 ghc6-doc libbsd-dev libgmp3-dev libgmpxx4ldbl > > I also added haskell98-report haskell98-tutorial darcs > > Then I discovered haskell-platform. I was pleased to discover that the > link took me directly to the squeeze repos so there is no version > mismatch between haskell-platorm and squeeze. > > apt-getting haskell-platform gave me > > alex cabal-install happy haskell-platform libghc6-cgi-dev > libghc6-deepseq-dev libghc6-glut-dev libghc6-haskell-src-dev > libghc6-html-dev libghc6-http-dev libghc6-hunit-dev > libghc6-network-dev libghc6-opengl-dev libghc6-parallel-dev > libghc6-parsec2-dev libghc6-quickcheck2-dev libghc6-stm-dev > libghc6-xhtml-dev > > However when trying to compile ghc from source I got an error that > wanted ghc6-prof > So I got that
Why are you trying to compile GHC from source if you have a distribution package and are using that? > Looking around in synaptic (gui for apt) I find that there are a large > number of libghc-somethings that I still have not got. > > So then the question: Whats the real point of the haskell-platform > package -- if specific libraries have to be got separately? That Platform is a "starter kit"; there are way too many Haskell packages available for every distribution to ship all of them! (Well, it's possible, but infeasible due to the number of packages that are distro/OS specific, are no longer maintained, etc.). -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
