On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:01:49PM +0200, minh thu wrote: > Hi, > > I've followed the instruction from the upcoming book Real World > Haskell to install cabal. > > Now, when I enter "cabal update", it answers this: > > Downloading package list from server > 'http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive' > cabal: getHostByName: does not exist (no such host entry)
Not sure which libraries you (cabal) is using here. On some debian System there has been a dns issue. You should check wether the tool is using the curl bindings http library and look for this problem in forums of your distro. Maybe try curl <url> That gives That gives: ... The document has moved to http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/ (note the last slash) for me. Maybe also try adding the ip of hackage.haskell.org to /etc/hosts for a temporary workaround ? You should also tell us which operating system you are using. Sincerly Marc Weber _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe