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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Jack Henahan)
2. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Jack Henahan)
3. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Sean Charles)
4. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Jack Henahan)
5. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Jack Henahan)
6. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Daniel Fischer)
7. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Jack Henahan)
8. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Sean Charles)
9. Re: Cannot install cairo with cabal... (Daniel Fischer)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 06:38:23 -0400
From: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Sean Charles <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
That looks like it might be a bug in the source. What it says, in short, is
that it expects that sixth argument in (i.e., registerPackage _ _ _ _ _ O) to
be a PackageDBStack, but instead it's a PackageDB.
The lines around where the error occurs are
#if CABAL_VERSION_CHECK(1,10,0)
installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace
[packageDb]
#else
installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace
packageDb
#endif
So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it drops into
the else. Do you get any different result when you call `cabal install
--ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
On Jul 7, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Sean Charles wrote:
> flushed as in happy, not like a buffer, with my recent OpenGL and haskell
> hacking I attempted to install cairo to try rendering a cairo generated image
> into a GL texture but once again, the sometimes obstreperous cabal is making
> it hard.
>
> <rant>
> I sometimes think that cabal is the "weak" point for newbies like me
> accepting Haskell in all its goodness... if you can't cleanly and simply
> install libraries then ultimately you will walk away for something less
> obstructive...
> </rant>
>
> Can anybody tell me that this means and how to solve it ?
> Thanks,
> Sean.
>
> -----
> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ cabal
> --version
> cabal-install version 0.10.2
> using version 1.10.2.0 of the Cabal library
> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ ghci
> --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
> -----
>
> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs:25:2:
> warning: #warning Setup.hs is guessing the version of Cabal. If
> compilation of Setup.hs fails use -DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=x for Cabal version
> 1.x.0 when building (prefixed by --ghc-option= when using the 'cabal' command)
> [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup (
> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs,
> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/dist/setup/Gtk2HsSetup.o )
>
> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs:201:69:
> Couldn't match expected type `PackageDBStack'
> against inferred type `PackageDB'
> In the sixth argument of `registerPackage', namely `packageDb'
> In the expression:
> registerPackage
> verbosity installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDb
> In a case alternative:
> _ | modeGenerateRegFile -> die "Generate Reg File not supported"
> | modeGenerateRegScript -> die "Generate Reg Script not supported"
> | otherwise
> -> registerPackage
> verbosity installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDb
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 06:41:05 -0400
From: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Cc: Haskell Beginners <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Omit parens, sub 'e.g.,' for 'i.e.,'. I look a fool. :D
On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Jack Henahan wrote:
> That looks like it might be a bug in the source. What it says, in short, is
> that it expects that sixth argument in (i.e., registerPackage _ _ _ _ _ O) to
> be a PackageDBStack, but instead it's a PackageDB.
>
> The lines around where the error occurs are
>
> #if CABAL_VERSION_CHECK(1,10,0)
> installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace
> [packageDb]
> #else
> installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace
> packageDb
> #endif
>
> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it drops into
> the else. Do you get any different result when you call `cabal install
> --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
>
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Sean Charles wrote:
>
>> flushed as in happy, not like a buffer, with my recent OpenGL and haskell
>> hacking I attempted to install cairo to try rendering a cairo generated
>> image into a GL texture but once again, the sometimes obstreperous cabal is
>> making it hard.
>>
>> <rant>
>> I sometimes think that cabal is the "weak" point for newbies like me
>> accepting Haskell in all its goodness... if you can't cleanly and simply
>> install libraries then ultimately you will walk away for something less
>> obstructive...
>> </rant>
>>
>> Can anybody tell me that this means and how to solve it ?
>> Thanks,
>> Sean.
>>
>> -----
>> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ cabal
>> --version
>> cabal-install version 0.10.2
>> using version 1.10.2.0 of the Cabal library
>> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ ghc
>> --version
>> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
>> scharles@ubuntu:~/stuff/hackinge/objitsu/trunk/haskell/felt/src$ ghci
>> --version
>> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
>> -----
>>
>> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs:25:2:
>> warning: #warning Setup.hs is guessing the version of Cabal. If
>> compilation of Setup.hs fails use -DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=x for Cabal version
>> 1.x.0 when building (prefixed by --ghc-option= when using the 'cabal'
>> command)
>> [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup (
>> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs,
>> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/dist/setup/Gtk2HsSetup.o )
>>
>> /tmp/cairo-0.12.013023/cairo-0.12.0/Gtk2HsSetup.hs:201:69:
>> Couldn't match expected type `PackageDBStack'
>> against inferred type `PackageDB'
>> In the sixth argument of `registerPackage', namely `packageDb'
>> In the expression:
>> registerPackage
>> verbosity installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDb
>> In a case alternative:
>> _ | modeGenerateRegFile -> die "Generate Reg File not supported"
>> | modeGenerateRegScript -> die "Generate Reg Script not supported"
>> | otherwise
>> -> registerPackage
>> verbosity installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDb
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>>
>>
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>
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:02:46 +0100
From: Sean Charles <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it drops into
> the else. Do you get any different result when you call `cabal install
> --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
Resolving dependencies...
target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
:)
I also tried moving the furniture around ...
cabal --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 install cairo
and
cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo
just in case but to no avail, same message in all cases....
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:08:32 -0400
From: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Sean Charles <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Might need quotes (single or double should be fine, unless I'm an idiot :D )
around the DCABAL business. I can never remember the correct syntax on those
bits. Failing that, you can probably get in touch with the package developer
and see if he has any ideas. What OS are you on, by the way?
On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Sean Charles wrote:
>
>> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it drops into
>> the else. Do you get any different result when you call `cabal install
>> --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
> Resolving dependencies...
> target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
>
>
> :)
>
> I also tried moving the furniture around ...
>
> cabal --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 install cairo
> and
> cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo
>
> just in case but to no avail, same message in all cases....
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:11:17 -0400
From: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Charles <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Oh, wait. Duh. I forgot the `-` at the beginning. Should be something of the
form `--ghc-option=-DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10`, possibly with quotes.
On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Jack Henahan wrote:
> Might need quotes (single or double should be fine, unless I'm an idiot :D )
> around the DCABAL business. I can never remember the correct syntax on those
> bits. Failing that, you can probably get in touch with the package developer
> and see if he has any ideas. What OS are you on, by the way?
>
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Sean Charles wrote:
>
>>
>>> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it drops
>>> into the else. Do you get any different result when you call `cabal install
>>> --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>>
>>
>> :)
>>
>> I also tried moving the furniture around ...
>>
>> cabal --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 install cairo
>> and
>> cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo
>>
>> just in case but to no avail, same message in all cases....
>
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:14:37 +0200
From: Daniel Fischer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: [email protected]
Cc: Sean Charles <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Thursday 07 July 2011, 13:02:46, Sean Charles wrote:
> > So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it
> > drops into the else. Do you get any different result when you call
> > `cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
>
> Resolving dependencies...
> target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
That would be
--ghc-option=-DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10
you need to provide the option-dash yourself, cabal doesn't insert it.
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:19:45 -0400
From: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Daniel Fischer <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Charles <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Yeah, don't mind me. I just got off work (7AM here) so the ol' cognitive
faculties are not exactly at peak efficiency.
On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Daniel Fischer wrote:
> On Thursday 07 July 2011, 13:02:46, Sean Charles wrote:
>>> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it
>>> drops into the else. Do you get any different result when you call
>>> `cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
>>
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>
> That would be
>
> --ghc-option=-DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10
>
> you need to provide the option-dash yourself, cabal doesn't insert it.
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:30:27 +0100
From: Sean Charles <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Daniel Fischer <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Job done, thanks Jack and Daniel.... time for a drink? ...think about
it....groan ;)
All the best, saying that, svgcairo then failed to install with:
cabal install --ghc-option=-DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 svgcairo
...but it was because I hadn't installed the ubuntu librsvg stuff, which
I promptly and re-running the above command worked just fine.
So, I now have Cairo and Cairo SVG bindings locked and loaded, what
shall I do with them? (Just kidding!)
Once again a big thanks to everybody that's stopped to hell.
All the best
:)
Sean
On 07/07/11 12:14, Daniel Fischer wrote:
> On Thursday 07 July 2011, 13:02:46, Sean Charles wrote:
>>> So it seems that it can't infer your cabal's minor version, so it
>>> drops into the else. Do you get any different result when you call
>>> `cabal install --ghc-option=DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10 cairo`?
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> target `DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10' is not a module name or a source file
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> cairo-0.12.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
> That would be
>
> --ghc-option=-DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=10
>
> you need to provide the option-dash yourself, cabal doesn't insert it.
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:35:08 +0200
From: Daniel Fischer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cannot install cairo with cabal...
To: Jack Henahan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Thursday 07 July 2011, 13:19:45, Jack Henahan wrote:
> Yeah, don't mind me. I just got off work (7AM here) so the ol' cognitive
> faculties are not exactly at peak efficiency.
I thought it was a plain old typo as it happens all the time.
Of course more frequently in the middle of the night (which 7AM is close
enough to ;).
Cheers,
Daniel
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