cabal-install is a package manager and dependency resolver for building and installing Haskell libraries.
cabal-install is a package manager and dependency resolver for building and installing Haskell libraries.
Questions tagged [cabal-install]
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Cabal fails to install dependencies, but can install them if asked directly
I've seen a very strange recurring problem with Cabal that's interfering with my ability to get repeatable Haskell builds. I have a cabal project with a sandbox. If I do cabal install, I get errors of the form
Y failed during the building phase. The…
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use cabal2nix to create local nix environment for packages that aren't in nixpkgs
I currently have a Yesod web application that I am developing on NixOS. I am using a default.nix file like described in O'Charles' blog post:
{ haskellPackages ? (import {}).haskellPackages }:
haskellPackages.cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
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2014 haskell cabal update hangs on mac
I initially installed haskell platform ( 2013 version; 7.6.3 ghc ) on my mac. Everything was working great. Just now saw the haskell platform website again and found new version was released ( Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 for Mac OS X, 64bit ). I…
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How to install `Hat`
I am trying to get the Hat debugger. When I try:
cabal install hat OR cabal install hat -v
At the end I get:
configure: error: in `/tmp/terminfo-0.4.0.0-17745/terminfo-0.4.0.0':
configure: error: curses headers could not be found, so this package…
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Why does cabal think I need an old library?
Just so I can start fresh, I removed package.conf.d at ~/.ghc/x86_64-linux-7.8.2.
When I try to install numeric-prelude, cabal tries to install an old version of mtl, even though I have checked all of the dependencies and the newest mtl can be…
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Analog of Ruby Bundler Gemfile/Gemfile.lock for Haskell Cabal
Does there exist an analog of Ruby Bundler's Gemfile and bundle install, bundle exec commands for Haskell Cabal?
Here is a related question, but it seems to be mostly about project scaffolding.
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Why can't cabal keep multiple versions of the same package?
Coming from Ruby where I can have as many versions of every gem as I want, it's confusing to me why there is the restriction of Cabal being able to only have one version installed at the same time?
I've tried searching for an answer, but couldn't…
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How to set cabal extra dirs for all packages in a sandbox
I'm currently working on a Haskell project that uses lots of native code. This means that include files and libraries have to be accessible to cabal. I'm doing that by --extra-lib-dirs and --extra-include-dirs command-line flags.
I'm also using…
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Error Installing GLFW-b on OS X
So I'm trying to install Lamdu, and because it relies on GLFW (brew install glfw3)I've had to install that, and the GLFW bindings for Haskell. I cloned the Lamdu repository, cd lamdu, cabal configure, and the only dependencies that it says I don't…
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Cannot install accelerate-cuda in Haskell
I am on a linux box and trying to experiment with Haskell's Accelerate library but having problems installing it. I have successfully installed the accelerate package but there seems to be a dependency problem, which I have detailed below.
cabal:…
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Cabal fails updating of cabal-install
Every time I install a library, cabal tells me to install a new version of cabal-install. Despite the fact that i run (with apparent success) the procedure that list below, the version of cabal-install remains unchanged. Where I am going wrong? (My…
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Cabal update error: "ErrorMisc Unsuccessful HTTP code: 404"
I have a problem with a fresh installation of the Haskell-Platform 2013.2. When I want to run cabal update I get the error as aforementioned. I have no idea what is going wrong.
Meiner
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How to properly install Cabal 1.18.02 in Windows 7?
I'm trying to install the new Cabal in Windows 7. It successfully installs 1.18.02, but when I run "cabal --version" it shows 1.16. The folder C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin is at the front of my PATH.
When I directly run the 1.18 executable,…
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What does cabal's "Warning: Falling back to topdown solver for GHC < 7." mean?
When building with cabal on GHC6 it warns:
Warning: Falling back to topdown solver for GHC < 7.
What's the topdown solver and what is the meaning of the warning? How does it affect me?
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cabal install cabal-install fails due "missing" installed-package
I just updated the haskel-plataform did a cabal update and was informed there is a new version of cabal-install that I should update to. So I do a cabal install cabal-install and get:
cabal: The following installed packages are broken because other…
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