Failed to install Darcs - Ubuntu 14.04 x64 - darcs 2.8.4 - cabal 1.20.0.2

Question

I have a problem in installing darcs

$ cabal install darcs-2.8.4
/tmp/darcs-2.8.4-26031/darcs-2.8.4/Setup.lhs:106:3: Warning:
    In the use of `runTests'
    (imported from Distribution.Simple, but defined in Distribution.SimpleLinking /tmp/darcs-2.8.4-26031/darcs-2.8.4/dist/setup/setup ...
Configuring dsetup: Unable to link against the iconv library.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
darcs-2.8.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

Do you have iconv installed; you may even need the *-dev version. — Boyd Stephen Smith Jr., Jul 29 '14 at 14:58
If you want to stick up with your distribution version of darcs (which may not be the latest), then `sudo apt-get install darcs` should work. — Sibi, Jul 29 '14 at 15:08
Sibi : The version available in repo is really old (~= 1.16.x). — AmirHossein, Jul 29 '14 at 16:11
@AmirHossein Install `libcurl4-gnutls-dev` and then try installing `darcs` using `cabal-install`. — Sibi, Jul 29 '14 at 17:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '14 at 20:18

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darcs seems to need development files for libcurl. So, install libcurl4-gnutls-dev in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

Once you have installed that, install darcs using the usual cabal install method.

answered Jul 29 '14 at 20:18

Sibi

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It's a bug in the Darcs configuration script that it incorrectly reports this as a missing iconv. This is fixed in HEAD, and there'll probably be a 2.8.5 soon with a fix too. – Ganesh Sittampalam Jul 30 '14 at 05:31

Failed to install Darcs - Ubuntu 14.04 x64 - darcs 2.8.4 - cabal 1.20.0.2

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