On Aug 1, 12:40 pm, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > rustom <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > > However I do have an issue regarding debian packaging. > > > At first I installed ghc > > This brought in > > > ghc6 ghc6-doc libbsd-dev libgmp3-dev libgmpxx4ldbl > > > I also added haskell98-report haskell98-tutorial darcs > > > Then I discovered haskell-platform. I was pleased to discover that the > > link took me directly to the squeeze repos so there is no version > > mismatch between haskell-platorm and squeeze. > > > apt-getting haskell-platform gave me > > > alex cabal-install happy haskell-platform libghc6-cgi-dev > > libghc6-deepseq-dev libghc6-glut-dev libghc6-haskell-src-dev > > libghc6-html-dev libghc6-http-dev libghc6-hunit-dev > > libghc6-network-dev libghc6-opengl-dev libghc6-parallel-dev > > libghc6-parsec2-dev libghc6-quickcheck2-dev libghc6-stm-dev > > libghc6-xhtml-dev > > > However when trying to compile ghc from source I got an error that > > wanted ghc6-prof > > So I got that > > Why are you trying to compile GHC from source if you have a distribution > package and are using that?
Well... just stress testing my install but also I am interested in haskell and unicode (squiggol anyone?) so thought I'd muck around a bit in the sources. Maybe premature I guess :-) Actually I started with hugs (because I am a bit familiar with gofer sources) but now that it looks that the most action is on the ghc front I thought I'd look there. As of now I am getting comfortable with ghci inside emacs > > > Looking around in synaptic (gui for apt) I find that there are a large > > number of libghc-somethings that I still have not got. > > > So then the question: Whats the real point of the haskell-platform > > package -- if specific libraries have to be got separately? > > That Platform is a "starter kit"; there are way too many Haskell > packages available for every distribution to ship all of them! > > (Well, it's possible, but infeasible due to the number of packages that > are distro/OS specific, are no longer maintained, etc.). _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe