On 18 September 2013 19:23, Henk-Jan van Tuyl <hjgt...@chello.nl> wrote: > > L.S., > > I was trying to install a package from a local drive and got the following > message: > >cabal install > Resolving dependencies... > cabal: internal error when reading package index: could not read tar file > entryThe package index or index cache is probably corrupt. Running cabal > update might fix it. > > Then I tried cabal update: > >cabal update > Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org > Skipping download: Local and remote files match. > Note: there is a new version of cabal-install available. > To upgrade, run: cabal install cabal-install > > Trying the command > cabal install cabal-install > gave the same internal error message as for the first command. > > What can I do about this?
Maybe try deleting the current download? Namely ~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.* > > Regards, > Henk-Jan van Tuyl > > > -- > Folding@home > What if you could share your unused computer power to help find a cure? In > just 5 minutes you can join the world's biggest networked computer and get > us closer sooner. Watch the video. > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > > http://Van.Tuyl.eu/ > http://members.chello.nl/hjgtuyl/tourdemonad.html > Haskell programming > -- > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com http://IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe