Andrew Coppin wrote: > Duncan Coutts wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 10:40 +0000, Andrew Coppin wrote: >> >>> What do I need to compile the darcs version? Just GHC? Or do I need the >>> GTK+ header files? (Remember, I'm on Windows here.) >>> >> >> Ah, that's a bit harder. It's not for the feint of heart. >> >> I've not updated the instructions in a while. The old ones are here: >> http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/archives/2005/06/24/building-from-source-on-windows/ >> >> but we now use the official Gtk+ windows binaries and headers rather >> than the ones from http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net/ >> >> Our new header bundles are here: http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/win32/ >> and scripts are here: http://darcs.haskell.org/gtk2hs/tools/win32/ >> You'd want the win32-build-* ones. >> >> You also need mingw of course. I would not recommend starting from darcs >> but from a tarball and then copying over the two changed files from >> darcs. The reason for that is that trying to get autoconf and automake >> working on windows is more trouble than it's worth (I've never done it) >> where as the tarball contains pre-generated autoconf/automake stuff. >> >> Duncan > > Uh... or maybe I could just wait until the next binary release. :-} > > *runs away*
I can understand that. However, the prudent thing to do is not to upgrade to a new ghc release until things have settled a bit; especially not if you want to avoid fixing library bugs (mostly build related) and most especially if you are on Windows. Ghc-6.6.1 is stable and IME most of the hackage stuff works out-of-the-box. (Note that Duncan gave you similar advice, although maybe it got lost beyond all the scary installation tips concerning gtk2hs under ghc-6.8.1;) Or /is/ there a special reason you need to use ghc-6.8.1? Cheers Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe