Cabal won't get a new haskell package

Question

I tried to get the wxHaskell package using cabal using:

cabal install wxcore --global
cabal install wx

But running this gave the following error:

>cabal install wxcore --global
Resolving dependencies...
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
wxcore-0.11.1.2 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
sh: runGenProcess: does not exist (No such file or directory)

What did I do wrong? Is there packages I need to install first?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '09 at 12:50

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I'm not familiar with Wx, but I would expect that you need to install the underlying C library before installing the Haskell packages that depend on it.

answered Sep 03 '09 at 12:50

dave4420

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '09 at 14:58

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Getting wx to install through cabal is tricky. If you're using Windows I suggest downloading their binary package from http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/WxHaskell/Download

answered Sep 03 '09 at 14:58

Michael Steele

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Ok, I got that but it won't let me load the modules properly – Jonno_FTW Sep 07 '09 at 09:38
There's an executable in the wxhaskell bin folder that registers the modules for you. – Michael Steele Nov 11 '09 at 22:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '09 at 20:40

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Yes, I think that is a (poor) warning from the wx package (and its custom configure script) that the wxWidgets library isn't on your system.

answered Sep 03 '09 at 20:40

Don Stewart

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Cabal won't get a new haskell package

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