hey simon, on gmail your email seems to be marked as spam, i'm not sure if its the mailing list side or your email account ... fyi
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:57 AM Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Dear Cabal developers > > More woe: > > simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex > > Resolving dependencies... > > Up to date > > cabal: installdir is not defined. Set it in your cabal config file or use > > --installdir=<path> > > In the olden days, didn’t cabal install by default in ~/.cabal/bin? > > Never mind, let’s do what it asks: > > simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin > > Resolving dependencies... > > Up to date > > Symlinking 'lhs2TeX' > > /usr/bin/lhs2TeX: createSymbolicLink: permission denied (Permission denied) > > Darn: I need to be super-user. Fine: > > simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ sudo cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin > > [sudo] password for simonpj: > > cabal: unrecognized 'install' option `--installdir=/usr/bin' > > OK _*now*_ I really am stumped. It asked me to provide that option, and > now it says it’s unrecognised. > > (This is in a bash shell running in emacs, if it makes a difference.) > > What next? > > Thanks > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > cabal-devel mailing list > cabal-devel@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel >
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