On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 18:40 +0100, Eric Kow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 18:33:05 +0100, Grant Husbands wrote: > > > I typed: > > > cabal install -f-curl > > > > > > Things went along pretty well until this appeared: > > [...] > > > setup.exe: CreateDirectory: permission denied (Access is denied.) > > > > It looks like the same issue I hit. If so, you need to be running an > > administrative command prompt. If you find "Command Prompt" in your > > start menu (either in Accessories or by searching), you can > > right-click on it and choose "Run as Administrator". The normal > > command prompt is unable to alter certain folders, for security > > reasons. > > Perhaps this belongs in the Troubleshooting FAQ as well? > http://wiki.darcs.net/Troubleshooting > > CC'ing Duncan on the off chance that this would be of interest to him > from the Cabal standpoint as well.
We'll need a lot more details to work out what is going on. I've tried remote debugging Cabal permission problems on Vista before and at the end I was no wiser than I was at the beginning. (I'm sure a lot of that was down to unclear communication and an inexperienced user.) Duncan _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
