I do not know if this is canonical method, but I clone the git repo
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
cabal2nix cabal://<package>-<version> >
.../nixpkgs/pkg/development/libraries/haskell/<pakcage>/(default |
<version>).nix
default.nix if you do not need multiple versions.
Add the following to nixpkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
<package> = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/package { };
You may need to override some packages in { }, an "attribute set", at
the end of the line. An example case when this is needed is if the
package depends on the zlib compression library in the pkgs attribute
set. The local Haskell zlib attribute(used to install Haskell
bindings fro the zlib compression library) shadows the pkgs
zlib(compression library) so you need to tell the package to use the
zlib from pkgs not the zlib from the current attribute set.
example:
<package> = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/package {
zlib = pkgs.zlib;
};
Haskell packages with dashes in the name usually should be transformed
to camel case so:
parsing-combinators -> parsingCombinators
Otherwise the nix file will fail to parse.
Then I do a test install nix-env -iA
nixpkgs.haskellPackages.<package>. Run tests and enjoy, or commit code
and preform a pull request.
Hopefully someone who has more experience fills in an holes and
corrects my mistakes.
Patrick
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Daniel Hlynskyi <abcz2.upr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying to create an installable package for `pipes-core` Hackage
> package.
>
> But got in troubles.
>
> 1. I used cabal2nix, but failed on installing the .nix file. After googling
> some time, I've done `nix-env -f all-packages.nix -iA
> haskellPackages.pipesCore`, so I've got package locally. But it had not
> registered the package, log with reasons http://pastebin.com/jp350qvX
> Manual registration with `ghc-pkg register` helped not. I don't know what to
> do now.
>
> 2. How can I contribute to nixpkgs with this package? The main question is -
> how can I TEST my contribution, when I get it?
>
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