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1. Re: haskell platform (MAN)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:41:19 -0300
From: MAN <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] haskell platform
To: aditya siram <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <1270496479.3763.12.ca...@dy-book>
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El vie, 02-04-2010 a las 10:50 -0500, aditya siram escribió:
> BTW I know that other people on this list differ but I think
> installing any Haskell-related packages using apt-get is a bad idea.
> Cabal is so easy that it makes apt-get obsolete.
>
> hth,
> -deech
Although I now download and install ghc, and ghc related code, compile
and install, and later use cabal exclusively, the advantages of using
apt-get ('aptitude', really) were quite evident in the past:
- Not too long ago, cabal-installing was by default user-specific, while
the manual 'runhaskell Setup.(hs|lhs) install' was system-wide. This
caused many problems.
- The previously stated issue caused hellish nightmares to beginners
when uninstalling some haskell-related package. This was very simple
when using apt-get (although it sometimes posed it difficulties,
relating crossed dependencies).
- (omni)present difference: cabal downloads and compiles code... this
means you have to (apt-get )install dev libraries... a lot of them, for
some fresh systems (like Ubuntu) which are clearly not oriented toward
this task.
Presently cabal is much simpler to use... or perhaps it is I who has
learned to master its configuration. 'stow' has helped greatly.
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