Hi,
I am running GHC 6.12.3 at Mac OSX and have numerous problems with 'cabal
install' of different packages.
For example:
~>cabal install mongoDB
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring mongoDB-1.1.0...
Preprocessing library mongoDB-1.1.0...
Building mongoDB-1.1.0...
...
Control/Monad/MVar.hs:16:34:
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:31 PM, dokondr wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running GHC 6.12.3 at Mac OSX and have numerous problems with 'cabal
> install' of different packages.
>
>
[...]
> Questions about current Haskell Platform for OSX 2011.2.0.1. :
> (http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html)
>
> 1)
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
>> 3) How to install it into a separate location so it would not ruin my
>> current platform?
>
> You can install it under a different username.
You can also use a sandboxed build tool like cabal-dev or virthualenv
-- both of which are on h
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Rogan Creswick wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Giovanni Tirloni
> wrote:
> >> 3) How to install it into a separate location so it would not ruin my
> >> current platform?
> >
> > You can install it under a different username.
>
Haskell Platform (HP) is
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:26 AM, dokondr wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Rogan Creswick wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Giovanni Tirloni
>> wrote:
>> >> 3) How to install it into a separate location so it would not ruin my
>> >> current platform?
>> >
>> > You can insta
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
> I meant install new packages through cabal under a different username. The
> cabal repo should be localized unless you specify --global
>
> Please see Rogan's suggestions.
>
>
Thanks for your help!
In case I upgrade to the latest Haskell Pl
On 11-11-09 06:37 AM, dokondr wrote:
In case I upgrade to the latest Haskell Platform, what will happen to
packages already installed in my ~/.cabal folder? Some of these are
quite old and most probably will be incompatible with GHC 7
Does upgrade process remove old and create anew ~/.cabal fol
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:37 AM, dokondr wrote:
>
> In case I upgrade to the latest Haskell Platform, what will happen to
> packages already installed in my ~/.cabal folder? Some of these are quite
> old and most probably will be incompatible with GHC 7
> Does upgrade process remove old and creat
