On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:28:48 -0300 "Fernando Cassia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I admit in shame never having heard about Haskell before. I know > about PHP, Python, IBM' s REXX, TCL, TCL/TK, perl... but Haskell, > never. > > So, here's how I landed in Haskell-land: I was looking for a simple > ncurses-based text mode mp3 player with some sort of basic GUI and > found "HMP3" written in, you guessed it, Haskell. > > So I follow the directions and download the huge 30MB+ > ghc-6.6.1-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2. Bunzip2 it. tar xvf > it. ./configure and "make install". So far, so good. > and I get the following message, supposedly telling me that the > haskell compiler was installed OK... > ======================================================================= > Installation of ghc-6.6.1 was successful. > > To use, add /usr/local/bin to your PATH. > > For documentation, see /usr/local/share/ghc-6.6.1/html/index.html > ======================================================================= > (/usr/local/bin is already in my path) > > So I decide to call the ghc compiler with no arguments to see if it > was indeed installed, and I get this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ghc-6.6.1]# ghc > /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.6.1/ghc-6.6.1: error while loading shared > libraries: libreadline.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory # Yes, that is a bit annoying. The readline issues are mentioned on the download page though -- you were warned ;). GHC 6.6.1 is only a day old, so there aren't very many binary builds available. On the other hand, GHC 6.6 has RPMs for FC5: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_66.html#x86linux > So, I conclude that Haskell is not ready for prime time, if it cannot > install itself correclty including shared libs in a standard Fedora > Core 6 system. Please don't make generalizations from a single experience with a compiler version that is less than a day old. > Goodbye Haskell, I just wanted to compile a MP3 player, and perhaps > if the compiler installed OK with no issues, I'd have taken a look at > the language. But as of right now, I don't have time to waste with > broken compiler installers. > > Byebye > FC Cheers, Spencer Janssen _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe