Hi Axel, Have many people at #haskell ask me why 'gtk' package can't install successful. At last, i found they're not install gtk2hs-buildtools.
Most people won't read gtk2hs manual, just do "cabal install gtk" and expect everything fine, and *many* people just think below error is fault of 'gtk' and give up to install: ------------------------------> error start <------------------------------ Resolving dependencies... Configuring gtk-0.11.2... setup: gtk2hsC2hs is required but it could not be found. setup: ./gtk.cabal has been changed, please re-configure. Resolving dependencies... Configuring gtk-0.11.2... setup: gtk2hsC2hs is required but it could not be found. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: gtk-0.11.2 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 ------------------------------> error end <------------------------------ Currently, is two ways fix this problem: 1) Buid dummy module let 'gtk' depend, perhaps you don't like this ugly way. :) 2) We search gtk2hsC2hs in PATH, if not found, print below information: "Please install package 'gtk2hs-buildtools' first or make sure $HOME/.cabal in your PATH". Then user at least know he need install gtk2hs-buildtools first. What do you think? -- Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel
